Viola Canales

Viola Canales
Born (1957-04-21) April 21, 1957
Nationality American
Partner Pamela S. Karlan

Viola Canales (born 21 April 1957) is an American writer originally from McAllen, Texas.[1] She has published a short story collection, Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales (2001),[2] and a novel, The Tequila Worm (2005)[3] for which she won the Pura Belpré Award in 2006.[4] She has also written a bilingual collection of poems, The Little Devil and the Rose: Lotería Poems / El diablito y la rosa: Poemas de la lotería (2014).[5]

Education

Canales attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School.[6]

Career

She has been a captain in the US Army, a litigator, and an official in the Clinton Administration.[6] She is currently a lecturer at Stanford Law School, where she teaches courses that combine law and fiction writing.

Personal life

Her partner is U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Pamela Karlan.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Viola Canales Collection Summary". Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota Libraries. 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Publisher's Review: "Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales" by Viola Canales". ArtePublicoPress.com. Arte Público Press. 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "About This Book". randomhouse.com. Random House, Inc. 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Raul Colón, Viola Canales win Pura Belpré Awards". Press Releases. American Library Association. 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Marcos, The MFA in Creative Writing Program at Texas State University-San. "Front Porch Journal". www.frontporchjournal.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  6. 1 2 "The Beauty of Beans: A Mexican-American girl grows up". Harvard Magazine. Harvard University. January 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  7. ↑ Jean Ann, Esselink (29 December 2013). "On our radar – An overdue thank you to Pamela S. Karlan". The New Civil Rights Movement. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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