Alma Luz Villanueva

Life

Awards

• 1989 American Book Award for the novel The Ultraviolet Sky
• PEN Oakland fiction award, 1994, for the novel Naked Ladies
• Latino Literature Prize, New York, 1994, for poetry, Planet
• The Best American Poetry, 1996, for poem, “Crazy Courage”
• 1976-1977 Chicano/Latino Literary Prize

  Works

• Song of the Golden Scorpion. Wings Press. 2013.
• The Ultraviolet Sky, republished with Doubleday, 1993.
• Life Span
• Blood Root

  Anthologies

• Terry Beers, ed. "Califlora, A Literary Field Guide." Excerpt from novel, "Luna's California Poppies." Heyday Books.
• Robert Shapart, James Thomas, Ray Gonzalez, eds. "Sudden Fiction Latino." Short story, from book, "Weeping Woman, La Llorona," "People of the Dog." W.W. Norton.
• J. Sterling Warner, Judith Hillard, eds. "Visions Across the Americas: Short Essays for Composition." Wadsworth Press.
• Jose Gurpegui, ed. Camino Real. Universidad de Alcala- Madrid, Spain. ISSN 1889-5611
• "Pembroke Magazine, Number 40"
• Story from "Weeping Woman, La Llorona."
• Susan Koppelman, ed. Between Mothers and Daughters: Stories Across Generations. The Feminist Press.
• Burleigh Muten, ed. Her Words: Anthology of Poetry About The Great Goddess. Shambhala.
• Burleigh Muten, ed. Return of The Great Goddess. Stewart, Tabori, Chang.
• Janine Canan, ed. She Rises Like The Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women. Crossing Press.