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Sandra Cisneros
For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the…
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A 40th anniversary hardcover edition of Sandra Cisneros's beloved coming-of-age novel about a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago.
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A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
Kathy Sosa
A rich visual exploration of the blended cultures of women in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Eleven, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
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One of the most beloved of contemporary American writers, Sandra Cisneros evokes her own Latina experience and makes it universally accessible in excerpts from the novels The House on Mango…
From the author of the widely acclaimed The House on Mango Street comes a story collection of breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied…
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A fable about loss, grief, and healing follows the transformative efforts of fifty-three-year-old Sandra to find her friend’s missing cat in the aftermath of her own mother’s death.
Every year, the three Reyes sons and their families drive to the home of the Awful Grandmother and the Little Grandfather in Mexico City. The youngest of many cousins, Lala…
A novel by the author of Caramelo .
A collection of short stories which bring to life the sounds and smells of Mexico. From a young girl revealing secrets only an eleven-year-old can know, to a witch woman…
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In this bilingual chapbook, best-selling author Sandra Cisneros shares a whimsical tale of a couple, their animals, and the complexities of love.
"A bold new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street"--
Now in paperback, the celebrated author of The House on Mango Street delivers an extraordinary bestseller, told in language of blazing originality: a multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose…
With warmth, humor and simple descriptions of the many types of hair in one girl’s family, a bestselling Mexican-American author illuminates the diversity among us all. Full color.
Reflecting a multiplicity of moods and images, this spirited collection of poetry celebrates the varied feminine aspects of love, from the erotic to th reflective. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. Tour.
Thorndike Press large print literacy bridge.
The author gives voice to characters on both sides of the Mexican border, from a young girl harboring special secrets to a witch woman circling above her village.
From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album…
Previously published: Bloomington, Ind.: Third Woman Press, 1987.
A brave collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street.
It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published her last book of…
A collection of essays discuss issues of gender, ethnicity, family, and class in Cisneros’s novel.
Carol Jago
Explores the joys of reading and teaching the stories and poems of noted Mexican American author Sandra Cisneros. These works resonate with the challenges and promises of living in a…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Abuelito Who , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Una valiente coleccion de poemas nuevos de Sandra Cisneros, autora del libro de mayor venta La casa en Mango Street.
Han pasado veintiocho anos desde que Sandra Cisneros publicara un…
Originally published in 1985, and republished to coincide with the release of Cisneros’ new book, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, this is the stunning debut noveld in a series…
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new Introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisneros’s greatly admired and bestselling novel of a young…
Ann Angel
Sandra Cisneros has overcome many hardships, including poverty and racism, to become a unique voice of Mexican-American literature. Her first novel, The House on Mango Street, was written so that…
Carmen Haydee Rivera
Author of The House on Mango Street, which has sold more than two million copies in English alone, activist, MacArthur grant genius, figure of inspiration and controversy, Sandra Cisneros is…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Geraldo No Last Name , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Ellen McCracken
Part of a new phase of post-1960s U.S. Latino literature, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros both engage in unique networks…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
Eilidh AB Hall
Negotiating Feminisms examines intergenerational feminism in Chicanx family life. This book shows how the works of Cisneros and Castillo articulate a politics of negotiation that critiques the gendered ideologies and…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Little Miracles, Kept Promises, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study…
A Study Guide for Sandra Cisneros’s Once Again I Prove the Theory of Relativity, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis…
The internationally acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street gives a deeply moving tale of loss, grief, and healing: a lyrically told, richly illustrated fable for grown-ups about a…
Eduardo Galeano
The personal testimoney of a contemporary political writer. In this journal, the author records the lves of strugegels of the Latin American people under two decades of unimaginable violence and…
English text bound front-to-back; Spanish text inverted, back-to-front.
The celebrated author of The House on Mango Street gives us an extraordinary new novel, told in language of blazing originality: a multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose voices…
A collection of short stories by the Chicana author of Loose Women explores lives of people on both sides of the Mexican border. Original. 15,000 first printing.
Joy Harjo
A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet.
