The World
of
Sandra Cisneros
by
Delia DeCourcy
Growing up with a Chicano mother and Mexican father in a transient family that moved between Mexico and Chicago, Sandra Cisneros had unique experiences that influenced her writing. Her passion for writing developed as an outlet for her emotional stress and sense of herself as an outsider. Yet it was not until she attended the University of Iowa’s Writers Workshop that she came to realize her experiences and perspective as a Chicana woman were vastly different from her U.S. classmates.
Published Works by Sandra Cisneros
- Caramelo (2002)
- Loose Woman: Poems (1994)
- Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)
- "Do You Know Me? I Wrote The House On Mango Street." Americas Review,15 (Spring 1987): 77-79.
- "Notes to a Young(er) Writer." Americas Review,15 (Spring 1987): 74-76.
- "Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession." Americas Review, 15 (Spring 1987): 69-73.
- My Wicked Wicked Ways (1987)
- The House on Mango Street (1983)