BiographyBiography Born in Chicago on December 20,

1954

Chicana writer and poet

3rd child and only daughter in a family of 7 children

1976: Earned BA in English at Loyola University of Chicago

1978: Earned Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Iowa

Founder of Macondo Foundation (1988) and Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation (2000) http://

www.sandracisneros.com

Award-Winning WorksAward-Winning Works

Bad Boys (1980)

The House on Mango Street

My Wicked, Wicked Ways

(1987)

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991) Hairs=Pelitos

(1994)

Loose Woman: Poems (1994)

The House on Mango The House on Mango StreetStreet

First published in 1984

A required reading in middle schools, high schools, and universities across the country

Sold over 2 million copies since its first publication and is still selling strong

Written in a series of vignettes

Novel about a young girl named Esperanza growing up in the Latino section of Chicago

Mango Street cont.Mango Street cont.

1st edition, 1984

Translation, 1994 1st Hardcover Ed., 1994

Analysis: Analysis: The House The House on Mango Streeton Mango Street

“Marin,” “The Family of Little Feet,” “Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays,” “Sally”, “What Sally Said”, & “Linoleum Roses”

Urbanized Mexican-Americans and, in minor role, Puerto Ricans living in one of the nation’s largest cities

Focus on wishes and desires

Esperanza realizes and accepts that although she will leave Mango Street, Mango Street will never leave her

Multicultural Literature Multicultural Literature and the American and the American

CannonCannonThe study of multicultural literature is a

powerful means for literacy educators to help students develop an appreciation and

understanding of their literary and cultural heritage.

-Dr. Donna E. Norton

SourcesSources

http://www.sandracisneros.com/

Maätita, Florence. "Cisneros, Sandra." Encyclopedia of Motherhood. Ed. Andrea O'Reilly. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2010. 219-221. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3021600120&v=2.1&u=txshracd2598&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

http://www.allynbaconmerrill.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=5dc1ffaf-62ba-4119-90d2-c2ef83373de8

Norton, Donna E., “Teaching Multicultural Literature in the Reading.” The Reading Teacher , Vol. 44, No. 1 (International Reading Association, 1990), pp. 28-40. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20200531

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