Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Viramontes's use of magical realism is true to her Latin American roots, but she wasn't always treated well for it. Once a professor even called her "a cheap imitation of Gabriel García Márquez." Sheesh. (Source)
The family violence that Viramontes portrays in "The Moths" may be fictionalized, but it's a reflection of her own experiences. (Source)
Viramontes's first story won a cash prize. How's that for starting out with a bang? (Source)