Sandra Cisneros As a Novelist, Poet and Short Story Writer

American novelist, poet, short-story writer, andcharacter in the novel struggles to realize the
essayist, Sandra Cisneros (1954- ) in her novelsroles formed for women in Hispanic society. You
addresses some issues regarding the importancewill love the childish narrative voice employed in
to Hispanic-American women. She is best knownthe novel.
for her novel The House on Mango Street (1983),Touring and Reading Her Work to Audiences:
which is a story about a girl growing up in a city.Cisneros published The House on Mango Street.
Born in Chicago, Cisneros got her B.A. degreeAfter that, she started traveling and reading her
from Loyola University in 1976. In 1978 shework to audiences. She directed a writing
earned a M.A. degree from the Writers' Workshopprogram at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in
at the University of Iowa. After that, she startedSan Antonio, Texas during 1983 to 1985. In 1985
teaching creative writing in a Chicago alternativeshe got the American Book Award for The
high school program. She also tried her hands onHouse on Mango Street from the Before
creative writing and as a result, her severalColumbus Foundation.
poems were published in magazines.Her Poems, Essays, and Short Stories:
Cisneros's novel The House on Mango Street:Cisneros published a collection of poems called My
Cisneros's novel The House on Mango StreetWicked Ways in 1987. Later on, in 1991 she
(1983) is critically highly praised work. It is looselypublished a collection of essays and short stories
constructed into a series of short interconnectedtitled Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.
chapters. The work vividly captures the desires,Her other works are the poetry collections titled
hopes, and disillusionments of a young femaleBad Boys (1980) and Loose Woman (1994).
writer who is growing up in a big city. The