Vintage Cisneros in Bloomington, MN

Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers: The celebrated bestselling author of
The House on Mango Street
“knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long time to come" (
The Washington Post Book World
)
.
A winner of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature and the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, Sandra Cisneros evokes working-class Latino experience with an irresistible mix of realism and lyrical exuberance.
Vintage Cisneros features an excerpt from her bestselling novel
, which has become a favorite in school classrooms across the country. Also included are a chapter from her novel,
Caramelo
; a generous selection of poems from
My Wicked Wicked Ways
and
Loose Woman
; and seven stories from her award-winning collection
Woman Hollering Creek