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"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a literary legend's life and career. From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico, in a region where "my ancestors lived for centuries," the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, where she could truly take root, has eluded her. With this collection--spanning nearly three decades, and including never-before-published work--Cisneros has come home at last. Ranging from the private (her parents' loving and tempestuous marriage) to the political (a rallying cry for one woman's liberty in Sarajevo) to the literary (a tribute to Marguerite Duras), and written with her trademark sensitivity and honesty, these poignant, unforgettable pieces give us not only her most transformative memories but also a revelation of her artistic and intellectual influences. Here is an exuberant, deeply moving celebration of a life in writing lived to the fullest--an important milestone in a storied career"--

Mexican Americans --- Mexican American women authors --- Authors, American --- Cisneros, Sandra --- Cisneros, Sandra --- Homes and haunts. --- Family.

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Hispanic Americans in literature --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Castillo, Ana --- Cisneros, Sandra --- Novas, Himilce

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En este trabajo se analizan comparativamente los Bildungsromane femeninos de la escritora mexicana Carmen Boullosa (Mejor desaparece, Antes y Treinta años) y de la chicana Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street y Caramelo). Partiendo del doble fundamento comparativo proporcionado por la diferencia de género y por el germen del legado cultural mexicano compartido por mexicanas y chicanas, este estudio constituye el primer intento de entender la relación entre las literaturas producidas por ambas entidades desde un enfoque que integra género sexual y género literario, materializado en el concepto de "Bildungsroman femenino" que vertebra el análisis de los textos. Desde la exploración de las diferencias en las representaciones de ambas autoras en el seno de contextos literarios y culturales específicos, este estudio enfatiza su proyecto común de deconstrucción y reconstrucción potencial, desde sus ubicaciones particulares, de la mexicanidad femenina, estableciéndose con ello un espacio de convergencia sensible a la diferencia que posibilita la apertura de avenidas para un diálogo literario y crítico transnacional, tan necesario como escaso. This work is a comparative analysis of the female Bildungsromane of Mexican writer Carmen Boullosa and Chicana writer Sandra Cisneros. Based on a double comparative foundation constituted by gender difference and by the Mexican cultural legacy shared by Mexicanas and Chicanas, the book represents the first attempt to understand the relationship between the literary production of both groups from a perspective that integrates gender and genre, as materialised in the concept of "female Bildungsroman" that structures the exploration of the narratives examined. By exploring the differences in the literary representations of both writers within their specific literary and cultural contexts, this study emphasizes their common project of deconstruction and potential reconstruction, each from their particular location, and of what is conceptualised as 'mexicanidad femenina', thus enabling a space of convergence sensitive to difference that contributes towards opening up a transnational literary and critical dialogue in the context of the surprisingly poor exchange between Mexicanas and Chicanas. Yolanda Melgar Pernías es asistente posdoctoral en literatura en el Institut für Romanistik de la Universidad de Innsbruck, Austria.

Women in literature. --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Boullosa, Carmen --- Cisneros, Sandra --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Part of a new phase of post-1960s U.S. Latino literature, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros both engage in unique networks of paratexts that center on the performance of latinidad. Here, Ellen McCracken re-envisions Gérard Genette's paratexts for the present day, arguing that the Internet increases the range, authorship, and reach of the paratextual portals and that they constitute a key element of the creative process of Latino literary production in 21st century America. This smart and useful book examines how both novelists interact with the interplay of populist and hegemonic multiculturalism and allows new points of entry into these novels.

Culture --- Ethnology --- Literature --- Literature, Modern --- America --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Latin American Culture. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- North American Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Study and teaching. --- Latin America. --- Philosophy. --- 20th century. --- Literatures. --- Latin American literature --- History and criticism. --- Díaz, Junot, --- Cisneros, Sandra --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Ethnology-Latin America. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- America-Literatures. --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Ethnology—Latin America. --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- America—Literatures. --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Cisneros, Sandra. --- 2000-2099 --- Culture. --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Theory --- Social aspects

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Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Poetry, Modern --- Poetry --- Poetry --- History and criticism. --- Study and teaching. --- History and criticism. --- Bass, Ellen. --- Hacker, Marilyn, --- Rilke, Rainer Maria, --- Ondaatje, Michael, --- Ammons, A. R., --- Ostriker, Alicia. --- Cavafy, Constantine, --- Cisneros, Sandra. --- Ackerman, Diane. --- Stone, Ruth. --- Hughes, Ted, --- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, --- Bialosky, Jill. --- Hoagland, Tony. --- Cummings, E. E. --- Snyder, Gary,