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Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991).
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is a book of short stories published in 1991 by the Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros.The collection reflects Cisneros's experience of being surrounded by American influences while still being familially bound to her Mexican heritage as she grew up north of the Mexico-US border.
The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros.Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.
Cisneros said she based the book off her own childhood in a series of Chicago houses. “The House on Mango Street” has received numerous accolades , including the American Book Award , and has ...
Sandra Cisneros, an internationally known writer and poet whose novel "The House on Mango Street" is required reading in high school and college classrooms across the country, will speak at 11:45 ...
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros Written in short, powerful vignettes, this classic novel reveals the world of Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana growing in Chicago.
Caramelo is a 2002 epic novel spanning a hundred years of Mexican history by American author Sandra Cisneros. It was inspired by her Mexican heritage and childhood in the barrio of Chicago, Illinois. The main character, Lala, is the only girl in a family of seven children and her family often travels between Chicago and Mexico City.
The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged professional level writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve community. Founded in 1995 by writer Sandra Cisneros [1] and named after the town in Gabriel García Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and ...