Sonia (SashaBlue) Martínez, Renee Peña-Govea, Maya Paredes Hernández, and Buzter Chang Chidmat—we couldn’t have done it without you … thank you for your belief in the book. Y, gracias a Tonantzin/la Virgen de Guadalupe and the spirit of my ancestors, I know I am never alone… —ESTER HERNÁNDEZ
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. She is the author of two novels, the internationally acclaimed The House on Mango Street , and Caramelo , awarded the Premio Napoli, nominated for the Orange Prize, and shortlisted for the International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award. Her awards include National Endowment of the Arts Fellowships for both fiction and poetry, the Lannan Literary Award, the American Book Award, the Texas Medal of the Arts, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Other books include the story collection Woman Hollering Creek; two books of poetry, My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman; and two books of children’s literature, Hairs/Pelitos and Bravo, Bruno; as well as Vintage Cisneros . Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Cisneros is the founder of the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral and the Macondo Foundations, which serve creative writers. Find her online at www.sandracisneros.com .
ALSO BY SANDRA CISNEROS Caramelo Woman Hollering Creek The House on Mango Street Loose Woman (poetry) My Wicked Wicked Ways (poetry) Hairs/Pelitos (for young readers) Vintage Cisneros