Sandra Cisneros
Born December 20, 1954
From Chicago, Illinois, United States · Nationality: United States, Mexico · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Quotes
“Books are medicine. What heals me may not be the right prescription for anyone else.”
interview “Language is much better than throwing stones; language is much, much stronger.”
1990 interview in Conversations with Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Writers ed “In Chicana writing the love between a grandmother and a granddaughter is holier than the relationship between a mother and a daughter because the mother and daughter have to deal with the reality of the everyday, whereas the grandmother can be revered from afar.”
On how the archetypical grandmother figure in Chicana literature in “Interview w “It’s important that young people find the right books that speak to them at the right time, otherwise you might be encouraging them to dislike reading.”
interview
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Sandra Cisneros in order
Books by Sandra Cisneros in the order they were published, from The House on Mango Street (1983) to Woman Without Shame (2022).
- 1The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street1983 - 2My Wicked, Wicked Ways
My Wicked, Wicked Ways1987 - 3Emergency Tacos
Emergency Tacos1989 - 4Hairs/Pelitos
Hairs/Pelitos1994 - 5Loose Woman
Loose Woman1994 - 6Caramelo, or, Puro Cuento
Caramelo, or, Puro Cuento2002 - 7Vintage Cisneros
Vintage Cisneros2004 - 8Loose Woman, Woman Hollering Creek and the House on Mango St
Loose Woman, Woman Hollering Creek and the House on Mango Steet2006 - 9Have You Seen Marie?
Have You Seen Marie?2012 - 10A House of My Own
A House of My Own2015 - 11Puro AmorPuro Amor2018
- 12Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo2021 - 13Woman Without Shame
Woman Without Shame2022