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.

In recognition of his pioneering contributions to Chicano poetry and activism, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Juan ...

La escritora estará en casa en dos eventos este martes y miércoles, uno para presentar un adelanto de la ópera inspirada en su célebre obra literaria y el otro, un evento privado en Humboldt Park.

In a rare case of an author adapting her own work for the stage, the author is the librettist of a bilingual opera now taking ...

Soyeon Kim/Daily. Buy this photo. More than 150 University of Michigan students, faculty and community members gathered in Rackham Auditorium Friday evening to hear from award-winning author Sandra ...

Signs on the windows of Sandra Cisneros Elementary School in Brighton Park last week read “Save our schools.” Outside, ...

I was not at all shocked by the recent Atlantic article showing many college students arrive at campus without the focus ...

Signs on the windows of Sandra Cisneros Elementary School in Brighton Park last week read “Save our schools.” Outside, parents and children spoke Spanish into megaphones and marched around the ...

My fifth period English teacher didn’t know it was my special day, but as I plopped into my seat for class, she coincidentally handed out Sandra Cisneros’ ingenius short story “Eleven.” “ ...

Current and upcoming episodes include recorded panels and interviews with NPR hosts Michel Martin, Rachel Martin, Emily Kwong, Regina Barber and authors Sandra Cisneros, James McBride, Rebecca ...

So I'm going to hold him to that," CTU president Stacy Davis Gates said Wednesday outside of Sandra Cisneros Acero Elementary School, one of the seven Acero schools targeted for closure.