Sandra Cisneros in the Multicultural Cannon Biography Born

Sandra Cisneros in the Multicultural Cannon

Biography Born in Chicago on December 20, 1954 Chicana writer and poet 3 rd child and only daughter in a family of 7 children 1976: Earned BA in English at Loyola University of Chicago 1978: Earned Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Iowa Founder of Macondo Foundation (1988) and Alfredo Cisneros del Moral http: //www. sandracisneros. com Foundation (2000)

Award-Winning Works Bad Boys (1980) My Wicked, Wicked Ways (1987) The House on Mango Street Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991) Hairs=Pelitos (1994) Loose Woman: Poems (1994)

The House on Mango Street First published in 1984 A required reading in middle schools, high schools, and universities across the country Sold over 2 million copies since its first publication and is still selling strong Written in a series of vignettes Novel about a young girl named Esperanza growing up in the Latino section of Chicago

Mango Street cont. 1 st edition, 1984 Translation, 1994 1 st Hardcover Ed. , 1994

Analysis: The House on Mango Street “Marin, ” “The Family of Little Feet, ” “Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays, ” “Sally”, “What Sally Said”, & “Linoleum Roses” Urbanized Mexican-Americans and, in minor role, Puerto Ricans living in one of the nation’s largest cities Focus on wishes and desires Esperanza realizes and accepts that although she will leave Mango Street, Mango Street will never leave her

Multicultural Literature and the American Cannon The study of multicultural literature is a powerful means for literacy educators to help students develop an appreciation and understanding of their literary and cultural heritage. -Dr. Donna E. Norton

Sources http: //www. sandracisneros. com/ Maätita, Florence. "Cisneros, Sandra. " Encyclopedia of Motherhood. Ed. Andrea O'Reilly. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2010. 219 -221. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. http: //go. galegroup. com/ps/i. do? id=GALE%7 CCX 3021600120&v=2. 1&u=txshra cd 2598&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w http: //www. allynbaconmerrill. com/authors/bio. aspx? a=5 dc 1 ffaf-62 ba-4119 -90 d 2 -c 2 ef 83373 de 8 Norton, Donna E. , “Teaching Multicultural Literature in the Reading. ” The Reading Teacher , Vol. 44, No. 1 (International Reading Association, 1990), pp. 28 -40. http: //www. jstor. org/stable/20200531

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