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Renowned writers from across the country are gathering in San Antonio next week for the Macondo Writers Workshop, which was ...
For some writers, writing is just part of the day job. But for Sandra Cisneros, the internationally celebrated author of House on Mango Street and Martita, I Remember You, writing is a matter of ...
Cisneros is deeply spiritual, and she believes her loved ones are still with her, even if not physically. But what has really gotten her through her most desperate times is her writing.
What sets poet Sandra Cisneros apart is how she writes with biting honesty about her life. Reset learns about her latest book Woman Without Shame and how it illustrates how she’s found beauty in ...
Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Saratoga, and Schoharie counties—were invited to submit stories, poems, or ...
When Sandra Cisneros talked about romance, writing, and faith over Zoom from her bright home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, she discussed her own poetry but also referred to Peanuts. In the ...
Books Sandra Cisneros on Bad First Drafts, Staying Hopeful, and Her New Novella The former San Antonian started writing the story that became Martita, I Remember You thirty years ago.
Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, and Juan Felipe Herrera spoke at the University of Iowa on Sept. 27. All three panelists graduated from the Writers’ Workshop, and Cisneros and Harjo were in the program at ...
The 30th anniversary of the Writer’s Symposium by the Sea will feature award winning writers Mitch Albom, Jesmyn Ward and Sandra Cisneros at Point Loma Nazarene University. (Photo courtesy of PLNU) ...
CISNEROS: As I go I buy books. In fact, I’m shipping a box back because I have too many to carry. I bought Natalie Diaz’s collection “ Postcolonial Love Poem,” which I’m reading right now.
Sandra Cisneros: “Your story reminds me of when I was the new kid, which felt like always. It reminds us that it costs us nothing to be generous and kind and brings great rewards.
For Sandra Cisneros, writing a poem is like driving in the dark The Chicago-born author, who won acclaim for her 1984 novel “The House On Mango Street,” recently had her first collection of ...