The House on Mango Street - Inspiration

Sandra Cisneros talks about the inspiration for her classic novel The House on Mango Street. Now available in a 25th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. www.randomhouse.com/catalog/di... www.randomhouse.com/catalog/di...

[@ThatOneGorillaTag_Guy]

watching this for school

[@flyeast100]

i love this book. the way the story is written is like a child would tell it.

[@marthaherrera1671]

Loving Sandra Cisneros ❤

[@EleeWelly]

her voice is so calming :)

[@lewieg9779]

Cisneros is communicating the idea of earned advantages and un-earned disadvantages. It isn’t her fault that she found herself in a lacking position while growing up (un-earned disadvantage). But she’s learned to articulate this emotional reality through literature because she has the earned advantage of a post-graduate education that coaxed her God-given talent for articulate self-expression. Now that’s a beautiful thing that anyone - or culture - can appreciate. If we dare try to see life through the cultural lenses of others, we can learn to understand their story. The House on Mango Street will then transform into a lovely tale of one's struggle to prevail. And for the vitriolic uninformed: Don’t be too quick to knock a man (or woman) off a horse when you cannot appreciate what it took for them to get on. (For the record, I’m neither Latino nor do I speak Española.)

[@piperdavenport227]

House on Mango Street is a literary classic. Her books are definitely over my head except Mango Street, which I loved. She's led an interesting life. God Bless!!!

[@aracelirodriguez8774]

I just ordered the book!!

[@ImToMLG4You]

here for school

[@nnoor9298]

i love this book

[@orangeporanges]

Just finished this book in my 8th grade English.
Great book, I love the figurative language!

[@CNUBana4ever]

I love her and her books! ^_^

[@writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, knopfgroup.

[@brandonfrancis9465]

YOU ARE BRILLIANT!

[@iamjustmadison8897]

so we all watching this for school🤔

[@miamiplays2976]

This shit is 11 years ago damn!!!

[@sere6275]

This is for school

[@ghettoblaster36]

I couldn't agree more with you. because of her, I failed my 7th grade english

[@kitchensinkchronicles3272]

I loved this book!

[@caramelcoated19]

i loved this book! it was soo simple and easy to read. and funny too. i find it funny people read this book in the 8th and 10th grade. i read it in 4th grade but my school was....weird!

[@MsSu1001]

Forget all you haters you are all just people without a hobby