This independence is most perfectly embodied in Cisneros’s 1994 poetry collection, Loose Woman. I came across the titular ...

This little poem never fails to make me smile--it leads off Sandra Cisneros's 1994 volume of poems, Loose Woman, and is a lightly irreverent, highly rhetorical declaration, a rococo piece of work ...

Back when Cisneros wrote the Loose Woman poems, romance and sexuality were major themes. Woman Without Shame also highlights those motifs but now reflect different life experiences.

Sandra Cisneros discusses her new poetry collection "Woman Without Shame," owning her sexual desires at every age and why she feels her best at 67.

A trailblazer in more ways than one, Sandra Cisneros was the first Mexican-American woman to be published by a mainstream publisher. Her work brought Hispanic culture to a wider audience of readers.

"Woman Without Shame" is Sandra Cisneros' first new book of poetry in 28 years. It includes more than 50 poems on wide-ranging subjects and themes. There are San Antonio poems and poems set in ...

For Sandra Cisneros, writing a poem is like driving in the dark The Chicago-born author, who won acclaim for her 1984 novel “The House On Mango Street,” recently had her first collection of ...

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 ...

For Sandra Cisneros, writing a poem is like driving in the dark What sets poet Sandra Cisneros apart is how she writes with biting honesty about her life. Reset learns about her latest book Woman ...

Local writer Sandra Cisneros, pictured with her pup Barnito, hosted a leopard-themed 55th birthday party to raise funds for her Macondo Foundation, a non-profit literary organization.

Sandra Cisneros is a legend in Chicanx literature, with a career that has spanned more than 40 years. Her latest work, “Woman Without Shame,” is her first new collection of poetry in 28 years, and it ...

Sandra Cisneros discusses her new poetry collection "Woman Without Shame," owning her sexual desires at every age and why she feels her best at 67.