""Burro Genius invites the reader to analyze on their own past and reflect on how one's actions and words directly affect those one comes in contact with."" -- La Prensa-San Diego ""A redemptive book, a celebration of courage and tenacity.... Real writing, as Villasenor shows us, embodies the very same qualities."" -- Los Angeles Times Book Review ""A powerful memoir."" -- San Diego Union-Tribune ""Spirited...[Villasenor's] retelling of sometimes humorous, sometimes chilling childhood experience is at once painful and gratifying. He imaginatively and poetically remembers his tumultuous childhood with the simplicity of a child and the introspection of a sage."" -- Publishers Weekly