Sandra Cisneros, author portrait
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Sandra Cisneros

SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National Medal of Arts. More recently, she received the Ford Foundation's Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized with the Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, and won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two nonprofits she founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. As a single woman she made the choice to have books instead of children. A citizen of both the United States and Mexico, Cisneros currently lives in San Miguel de Allende and makes her living by her pen.
The House on Mango Street
Woman Without Shame
Mujer sin vergüenza
La Casa en Mango Street
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
A House of My Own
My Wicked Wicked Ways
Have You Seen Marie?
Loose Woman and Woman Hollering Creek
Vintage Cisneros
Caramelo
Hairs/Pelitos
Loose Woman
Woman Hollering Creek
The House on Mango Street

Books

The House on Mango Street
Woman Without Shame
Mujer sin vergüenza
La Casa en Mango Street
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
A House of My Own
My Wicked Wicked Ways
Have You Seen Marie?
Loose Woman and Woman Hollering Creek
Vintage Cisneros
Caramelo
Hairs/Pelitos
Loose Woman
Woman Hollering Creek
The House on Mango Street

2019 PEN America Literary Awards

PEN America, the U.S. chapter of the world’s leading international literary-human rights organization, celebrated the winners of its 2019 Literary Awards on February 26, at a Manhattan ceremony.  Will Mackin’s short story collection, published by Random House, and three titles published by Penguin Random House Publisher Services publisher clients, took home prizes.  Vintage author Sandra Cisneros was presented

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Hispanic Heritage Month: There’s a PRH Book for That!

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 through October 15, during which time we honor the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture. Hispanic Heritage Month, whose roots go back to 1968, begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa

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