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Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street Went From the Banned-Books List to the Opera

Sandra Cisneros, one of America’s greatest writers, says that up until a few years ago, she was over speaking about her 1984 novel, “The House on Mango Street.” What started as an autobiographical ...
The Daily Northwestern

Sandra Cisneros talks upcoming ‘The House on Mango Street’ opera, reads poetry

Sandra Cisneros, the award-winning author of “The House on Mango Street,” visited Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Wednesday to read several of her poems and discuss the new opera inspired by the novel.
The New York Times

A Year Among My Fellow Banned Writers

Removing books from schools robs us of important opportunities to understand each other, and ourselves. Credit...Tara Anand Supported by By Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros is a writer. This personal ...
The Atlantic

The Poet of Loose Women Everywhere

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This year is the 40th anniversary of the publication of Sandra Cisneros’s classic The House on Mango Street. The novel tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a ...
CultureMap

ROCO Connections: A House of My Own

ROCO’s Connections series continues with a modern twist on a Schubertiade salon concert. The evening will feature the world premiere of three new songs by Composer-In-Residence Derek Bermel and author ...
NPR

Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street’ was born from a feeling of displacement

Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street is a series of vignettes drawn from the experiences of a Mexican-American girl living in Chicago. Since its publication in 1983, it’s become required reading ...