Burro Genius - A Memoir

Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears. So begins the passionate, touching memoir of Victor Villasenor. Highly gifted and imaginative as a child, Villasenor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally diagnosed, at the age of forty-four, with extreme dyslexia) and the frustration of growing up Latino in an English-only American school in the 1940s. Despite teachers who beat him because he could not speak English, Villasenor clung to his dream of one day becoming a writer. He is now considered one of the premier writers of our time.

About the author

Victor Villaseñor vive en California en el rancho donde fue criado. Es autor de numerosos obras editoriales y aclamadas obras, entre ellas Lluvia de oro, Jurado: La Gente vs. Juan Corona, y ¡Macho!. Victor Villaseñor's bestselling, critically acclaimed works, as well as his inspiring lectures, have brought him the honor of many awards. Most recently he was selected as the founding chair of the John Steinbeck Foundation. He lives in Oceanside, California.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Villasenor, Villasenor Victor
• Publisher: Rayo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2005
• EAN: 9780060526139
• ISBN: 978-0-06-052613-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, SCIENCE: Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays, EDUCATION: Special Education / Learning Disabilities, SPANISH LANGUAGE: NONFICTION, EDUCATION: Multicultural Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Indigenous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Hispanic & Latino