Costume designer Erik Teague and director Chía Patiño show set models to the cast during a rehearsal of “The House on Mango Street.” A rendering of La Calaca for “The House on Mango Street” by costume ...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — On this brochure-ready autumn day on the University of Michigan campus, students Danielle Casós, Jennie Rupp and Angela Bonello are finding new music in familiar words. The three ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...