The House on Mango Street

Cisneros is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one * The New York Times Book Review *The subtle power of Cisneros’s storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world. * San Francisco Chronicle *A deeply moving novel … Like the best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted word * Miami Herald *

Sandra Cisneros is a poet, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her awards include NEA fellowships in poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, the PEN America Literary Award, the National Medal of Arts, the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship, and the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. A citizen of the United States and Mexico, Cisneros lives in San Miguel de Allende.

John Phillip Santos, born in San Antonio, Texas, is the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar. His awards include the Academy of American Poets’ Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. His articles on Latino culture have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the San Antonio Express-News.

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