Sandra Cisneros
About Sandra Cisneros
“My main frustration is a lack of direct access to the writer. Having to go through Marissa, who then goes through Sandra's agent, who then talks to Sandra really impedes communication to the extent that I simply did not keep Sandra nearly as in the loop as I did with the other writers who allowed direct contact. Once I met Sandra, she shared not only her cell number but her home address and an invitation for continued chats. Having had that info much earlier would sure help. I understand the reservations, but it sure does frustrate communication.”
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“Have You Seen Marie?” (2012)
The Word Orphan Might Not Seem To Apply To A Fifty-three-year-old Woman. Yet This Is Exactly How Sandra Feels As She Finds Herself Motherless, Alone Like A Glove Left Behind At The Bus Station. What Just Might Save Her Is Her Search For Someone Else Gone Missing: Marie, The Black-and-white Cat Of Her Friend, Roz, Who Ran Off The Day They Arrived From Tacoma. As Sandra And Roz Scour The Streets Of San Antonio, Posting Flyers And Asking Everywhere, Have You Seen Marie? The Pursuit Of This One Small Creature Takes On Unexpected Urgency And Meaning.--dust Jacket. Sandra Cisneros ; Illustrated By Ester Hernández. This Is A Borzoi Book.
“Caramelo” (2006)
lala Reyes' Grandmother Is Descended From A Family Of Renowned Rebozo --, Or Shawl-makers. The Striped (caramelo) Is The Most Beautiful Of All, And The One That Makes Its Way, Like The Family History It Has Come To Represent, Into Lala's Possession. The Novel Opens With The Reyes' Annual Car Trip -- A Caravan Overflowing With Children, Laughter, And Quarrels -- From Chicago To The Other Side: Mexico City. It Is There, Each Year, That Lala Hears Her Family's Stories, Separating The Truth From The Healthy Lies That Have Ricocheted From One Generation To The Next. We Travel From The Mexico City That Was The Paris Of The New World To The Music-filled Streets Of Chicago At The Dawn Of The Roaring Twenties -- And Finally, To Lala's Own Difficult Adolescence In The Not-quite-promised Land Of San Antonio, Texas.caramelo Is A Vital, Wise, Romantic Tale Of Homelands, Sometimes Real, Sometimes Imagined.publishers Weeklywith The Ability To Make Listeners Laugh Out Loud With Her Humor, Get Lumps In Their Throats With Her Poignancy And Leave Them Thinking About Her Characters Long After They've Hit The Stop Button, Cisneros Is A Master Storyteller And Performer. Her Sweeping Tale Of The Reyes Family, With The Charmingly Innocent Lala Reyes At Its Center, Moves From 1920s Mexico City And Acapulco To 1950s Chicago, All The While Grounding The Family's Whimsical Events With Notes To Help Readers Understand The Greater Significance Of, Say, A Nightclub Singer Who Snagged Lala's Grandfather's Heart Or The Mexican Government's Initiative To Build A Network Of Highways Throughout The Country. Cisneros (the House On Mango Street) Reads Her Flowing Text In An Often Ebullient Voice, Recounting The Sights And Sounds Of Mexico City's Boisterous Streets Or Performing One Of The Many Grand-scale Arguments Lala's Parents Have. Her Voices Are Marvelous. She Perfectly Portrays The Awful Grandmother's Bitterness (the Old Lady Loved To Remind Her Son, Wives Come And Go, But Mothers, You Have Only One!) And Sweetly Croons The Birthday Songs Lala And Her Brothers Sing To Their Father. This Is A Treat Of An Audio, Combining A Fantastic Narrative With An Equally Excellent Reading. Based On The Knopf Hardcover (forecasts, Aug. 12, 2002). (nov.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
“Loose Woman: Poems” (1995)
A candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection of poetry that celebrates the female aspects of love, from the reflective to the overtly erotic. "Poignant, sexy. . . lyrical, passionate. . . cool and delicate. . . hot as a chili pepper."—Boston Globe.
“The House On Mango Street” (1994)
In Celebration Of The Tenth Anniversary Of Its Initial Publication, And With A New Introduction By The Author, Here Is Sandra Cisnero's Greatly Admired And Best-selling Novel Of A Young Girl Growing Up In The Latino Section Of Chicago. Acclaimed By Critics, Beloved By Children And Their Parents And Grandparents, Taught Everywhere From Inner-city Grade Schools To Universities Across The Country, And Translated All Over The World, The House On Mango Street Has Entered The Canon Of Coming-of-age Classics Even As It Depicts A New American Landscape. Sometimes Heartbreaking, Sometimes Deeply Joyous, The House On Mango Street Tells The Story Of Esperanza Cordero, Whose Neighborhood Is One Of Harsh Realities And Harsh Beauty. Esperanza Doesn't Want To Belong - Not To Her Run-down Neighborhood, And Not To The Low Expectations The World Has For Her. Esperanza's Story Is That Of A Young Girl Coming Into Her Power, And Inventing For Herself What She Will Become. The San Francisco Chronicle Has Called The House On Mango Street Marvelous ... Spare Yet Luminous. The Subtle Power Of Cisnero's Storytelling Is Evident. She Communicates All The Rapture And Rage Of Growing Up In A Modern World. It Is An Extraordinary Achievement That Will Live On For Years To Come. The House On Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys & Girls -- My Name -- Cathy Queen Of Cats -- Our Good Day -- Laughter -- Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin -- Marin -- Those Who Don't -- There Was An Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What To Do -- Alicia Who Sees Mice -- Darius & The Clouds -- And Some More -- The Family Of Little Feet -- A Rice Sandwich -- Chanclas -- Hips -- The First Job -- Papa Who Wakes Up Tired In The Dark -- Born Bad -- Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water -- Geraldo No Last Name -- Edna's Ruthie -- The Earl Of Tennessee -- Sire -- Four Skinny Trees -- No Speak English -- Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice On Tuesdays -- Sally -- Minerva Writes Poems -- Bums In The Attic -- Beautiful & Cruel -- A Smart Cookie -- What Sally Said -- The Monkey Garden -- Red Clowns -- Linoleum Roses -- The Three Sisters -- Alicia & I Talking On Edna's Steps -- A House Of My Own -- Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes. Sandra Cisneros. Originally Published, In Somewhat Different Form, By Arte Público Press In 1984. Reprinted By Vintage Books, A Division Of Random House, Inc., In 1991--t.p. Verso.
“My Wicked, Wicked Ways” (1987)
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