Sandra Cisneros: An Latina Writer
“I am a woman and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power. They are the things that give it sabor, the things that give it picante.”1 Sandra Cisneros was born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to her Mexican father, Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral, Chicana mother, Elvira Cordero Anguiano, and six brothers. Growing up for Cisneros was hard because of both her father and her brothers. Her family constantly moved back and forth between Mexico City and Chicago because of her father’s longing for his home country and because that was where his mother lived. Cisneros explains, “Because we moved so much, and always in neighborhoods that appeared like France after World War II—empty lots and burned-out-buildings—I retreated inside myself.”2 And Cisneros’s brothers expected her to take on the role of the traditional female causing her to feel like she often had seven fathers. During this time of loneliness, Cisneros turned to herself and books for company. She began to read many books and write poetry, hoping to find a doorway out of her families poverty. Cisneros checked out a book from the library named The Little House over and over again. The house in
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Approximate Word count = 1821
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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