But Cisneros depicts us as the vivid, complex human beings we are. We suffer and have secrets, but we also travel the world and while away the hours over poetry and take lovers and lose lovers and ...

Sandra Cisneros illuminates the ways in which our institutions fail us, families define us and writing transforms us.

In her second book of poems, Cisneros ( My Wicked Wicked Ways ) presents a street-smart, fearlessly liberated persona who raves, sometimes haphazardly,... This collection reveals the same affinity ...

Latina American short-story writer Cisneros will follow on Thursday, discussing her first published book of poetry in 28 years, “Woman Without Shame: Poems” or “Mujer sin vergüenza.” ...