Authors on the Airwaves: Victor Villaseñor
Villaseñor chosen as September's "Author of the Month" on KUHF Houston Public Radio
KUHF radio host Eric Ladau recently interviewed Victor Villaseñor for its Web site's "Arte Público Press Author of the Month" feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station's interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here.
Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on KUHF.
VICTOR VILLASEÑOR is a writer whose works have brought Mexican-American culture and literature to a wide audience. He is the author of the highly acclaimed best-sellers Burro Genius (Rayo, 2004); Rain of Gold (Arte Público Press, 1991), which details the saga of his family's immigration to the U.S. from Mexico; and Thirteen Senses: A Memoir (Rayo, 2002). His other non-fiction works include Wild Steps of Heaven (Delta Books, 1995) and Jury: The People vs. Juan Corona (Little Brown and Company, 1976), and the screenplay for the award-winning film The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.
Among his other books published by Arte Público Press are Frog and His Friends Save Humanity / La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad (2009), Crazy Loco Love (2008), Walking Stars (2003), Macho! (2003) and its Spanish edition ¡Macho! (2007).
Villaseñor lives in Oceanside, California, where he continues to write.
