NEW YORK — Author Sandra Cisneros is this year's winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring writers who help foster "understanding between and among people ...

"Uncle Fat-Face's brand-new used white Cadillac, Uncle Baby's green Impala, Father's red Chevrolet station wagon"—the parade of cars that ushers in Cisneros's first novel since The House on Mango ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 23: Jalen Green #4 of the Houston Rockets dunks the ball against the Golden State Warriors during the third quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA ...

Sandra Cisneros is best known for her debut novel, The House on Mango Street, which follows a year in the life of a young Chincana girl. For the 40th anniversary of that book, Sandra joined Rachel for ...

Houses have always meant something more to Sandra Cisneros than just four walls and a ceiling. A Chicana who grew up as one of seven children in Chicago, Sandra Cisneros has become one of the most ...

Sandra Cisneros has worked hard to surpass the reputation of “The House on Mango Street,” the tale of a Mexican American girl coming of age in Chicago. In the 31 years since that novel was published, ...

LOS ANGELES – Draped in her signature shawl, Sandra Cisneros stood in front of an audience of about 100 people at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural bookstore in Sylmar, California, after reading a poem ...

Albuquerque — La celebrada autora mexicoamericana Sandra Cisneros se niega a retirar su apoyo a la novela “American Dirt” a pesar de las críticas de otros autores latinos por estereotipos e ...

Sandra Cisneros understands that a place molds you, as much as family and friends. Her debut novel, "The House on Mango Street," dropped a Latino family with Mexican roots into the rumbling beast that ...

When Sandra Cisneros stepped onto the main stage at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday afternoon, she greeted the audience in Spanish first, with a microphone in one hand and a violet hand ...

On a typical day, Sandra Cisneros likes to wake up gently, without an alarm clock. She stays in her pajamas until 1pm and writes on her covered terrace until sunset, surrounded by her five small dogs.

Sandra Cisneros is an American national treasure but lives in Mexico. Her debut novel caught on so slowly that this daughter of immigrants didn’t quit her day job for 15 years. A modern classic, The ...