Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of the story collection Math for the Self-Crippling and the novel Like Happiness, winner of an International Latino Book Award, finalist for the Crook’s Corner Book Prize, and named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, Elle, and Them.
Blurring the Mind
Cherríe Moraga’s Native Country of the Heart suggests a different way to perceive her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease.
The Magic of Sundays in ‘The Consequences’
In this newsletter, author Ursula Villarreal-Moura considers the role of the Sabbath in the lives of the working-class people in Manuel Muñoz’s short story collection, the California Book Club’s February selection.
Laughing Away Decency in Carribean Fragoza’s ‘Sábado Gigante’
Ursula Villarreal-Moura reconsiders her perception of the television variety show Sábado Gigante after reading one of the stories in Carribean Fragoza’s Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, the California Book Club December selection.
The Changing Dynamics of Nicknames in ‘Gordo’
Jaime Cortez’s perceptive, culturally knowledgeable short story collection, the December California Book Club selection, features characters with expressive nicknames.