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Alma Luz Villanueva

  • “I/woman give birth: / and this time to / myself.”

    • Alma Luz Villanueva,
    • "I Sing to Myself," Bloodroot ()

  • “The sacred is not in heaven or far away. It is all around us, and small human rituals can connect us to its presence. And of course the greatest challenge (and gift) is to see the sacred in each other.”

    • Alma Luz Villanueva,
    • in Ms. ()

Alma Luz Villanueva, U.S.-Chicana poet, writer

(1944)