Almanac in the Year of Naming (Poetry), Lockhart, TX
Almanac in the Year of Naming is a poetry collection examining the power of naming and human connections to the natural world.
“My hope is that I can find ways in language to help people feel less estranged from the environment and more engaged in efforts to protect it.”
Laura Villareal is a poet and book critic. Her debut poetry collection, Girl’s Guide to Leaving, (University of Wisconsin Press 2022) was awarded Texas Institute of Letters’ John A. Robert Johnson Award for a First Book of Poetry and the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award for Poetry. She was a Texas Folklife Community Fellow where she worked on projects about seed saving and Texas native plants. Currently, she is an associate with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, where she co-edits and writes for Letras Latinas Blog 2.
Visit Laura’s website: www.lauravillareal.com