An Interview with Sandra Cisneros
Although Sandra Cisneros is most widely known for her authorship of beloved fiction books like The House on Mango Street and Caramelo, she calls herself, first, a poet-activist.
The House on Mango Street
Big Picture, Small Picture: Context for Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street
Chicago, 1980. A young woman taps at a typewriter in the small kitchen—the only room with heat—of a rented apartment on North Paulina Street, square in the center of the Bucktown neighborhood.