Sandra Cisneros books

Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American author best known for The House on Mango Street (1984) and Woman Hollering Creek (1991), with a body of work spanning novels, poetry, short stories, and essays.

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Anthologies

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Mondo Barbie 1993 Buy
Southwest Stories 1993 Buy
Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic 1993 Buy
Writing Women’s Lives 1994 Buy
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction 1999 Buy
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology 2000 Buy
12 Short Stories and Their Making 2005 Buy
Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature 2006 Buy
Women of Color Pray 2012 Buy
Tales of Two Americas 2017 Buy
Five Short Stories by Women 2021 Buy

Chapter

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Puro Amor 2018 Buy

Collections

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My Wicked Wicked Ways: Poems 1987 Buy
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 1991 Buy
Loose Woman 1994 Buy
Vintage Cisneros 2004 Buy
Woman Hollering Creek 2013 Buy
Woman Without Shame: Poems 2022 Buy

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Non-Fiction

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Critical Insights: The House on Mango Street 2012 Buy
A House of My Own: Stories from My Life 2015 Buy

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The House on Mango Street 1984 Buy
Caramelo 2002 Buy
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo 2021 Buy

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See You When We Get There 2004 Buy
Pledging Allegiance 2007 Buy
Social Studies for Social Justice: Teaching Strategies for the Elementary Classroom 2007 Buy
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The Seduction of Common Sense 2008 Buy
Controversies in the Classroom 2008 Buy
Holler If You Hear Me 2009 Buy
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Pedagogy of the Poor 2011 Buy
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Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture 2012 Buy
Deep Knowledge 2013 Buy
Fear and Learning in America―Bad Data, Good Teachers, and the Attack on Public Education 2014 Buy
Being Bad 2014 Buy
Worth Striking For 2015 Buy
Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World 2016 Buy
What’s So Great About Art, Anyway? 2016 Buy
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Holler If You Hear Me, Comic Edition 2019 Buy
Surrendered 2020 Buy
Teacher Educators as Critical Storytellers 2021 Buy
Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities 2021 Buy
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Sandra Cisneros is one of the most widely read Chicana authors in the United States. The House on Mango Street (1984), her first novel, told the story of Esperanza Cordero growing up in a Chicago barrio through a series of short, lyrical vignettes. It has sold millions of copies and is a staple of school curricula across the country.

Her other major works include Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991), a collection of stories about Mexican-American life on both sides of the border, and Caramelo (2002), a multigenerational family novel. She has also published poetry collections, children’s books, and a memoir. Her most recent novel, Martita, I Remember You (2021), is a bilingual novella set among young women living in Paris.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Sandra Cisneros written?

Sandra Cisneros has written 182 books across nine series.

What was Sandra Cisneros's first book?

Sandra Cisneros’s first book is The House on Mango Street, published in 1984.

What is Sandra Cisneros best known for?

Cisneros is best known for The House on Mango Street (1984), a coming-of-age novel told in vignettes about a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. The book is one of the most widely taught works in American schools.

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