Tino Villanueva is the author of seven books of poetry, among them SO SPOKE PENELOPE (Grolier Poetry Press, 2013), SHAKING OFF THE DARK (Bilingual Review Press, 1998); Cronica de mis anos peores (1987) / Chronicle of My Worst Years (1994); Scene from the Movie GIANT (1993), which won a 1994 American Book Award; and PRIMERA CAUSA / FIRST CAUSE (Cross- Cultural Communications, 1999), a chapbook on memory and writing. Villanueva has taught creative writing at the University of Texas-Austin, The College of William & Mary, and Bowdoin College. His artwork has appeared on the covers and pages of nat...