2. 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 Foundation (2000) http://www.sandracisneros.com

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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%7CCX3021600120&v=2.1&u=txshracd2598 &it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3021600120&v=2.1&u=txshracd2598 &it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w  http://www.allynbaconmerrill.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=5dc1ffaf-62ba-4119-90d2- c2ef83373de8 http://www.allynbaconmerrill.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=5dc1ffaf-62ba-4119-90d2- c2ef83373de8  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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