25th Anniversary of the Publication of Helena María Viramontes’ THE MOTHS AND OTHER STORIES

2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Moths and Other Stories, nine timeless masterpieces that explore the social, economic, and cultural impositions that shape women’s lives. The subject of a growing body of critical work, every year new readers have been introduced to the power of Viramontes’ words. She has been praised by author Julia Alvarez as “one of the most important multicultural voices in American literature.” Junot Díaz agrees that Viramontes is “one of the country’s finest talents.”

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Praise for the work of Helena María Viramontes:

“A rich, challenging narrative that rewards the reader with insight to the passions and torments that drive the characters.”

―Belle Lettres on The Moths and Other Stories

“Blends lyricism, harsh realism, and a concern for social justice . . . Viramontes believes in fiction’s power to inspire . . . When you write as well as she does, that’s not loose talk.”

―Newsweek on Under the Feet of Jesus

“She is as compassionate as John Steinbeck, as sweeping as the unflinching camera of Sebastiao Salgado.”

―Sasndra Cisneros on Their Dogs Came with Them

HELENA MARÍA VIRAMONTES is also the author of two novels, Under the Feet of Jesus (Plume, 1995) and Their Dogs Came with Them (Washington Square Press, 2008). The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the John Dos Passos Award for Literature and an Honorary Doctorate from St. Mary’s College, Viramontes was most recently named a 2007 United States Artists Ford Fellow. Currently a professor of Creative Writing at Cornell University, she is a frequent reader and lecturer in the U.S. and internationally.

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