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- Chris Jones
- Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street" is one of the great Chicago novels, a cascade of memory, idea and budding sensuality, and one of the finest books penned about finding, understanding, keeping, leaving and (eventually) returning…
- Chicago Tribune
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- 11/18/2009
- 25th Anniversary: The House on Mango Street
- Throughout Sandra Cisneros’ life, her Mexican-American mother and father – along with her six brothers – would move back and forth from Chicago to .... The Accidental Santera In Irete Lazo’s highly regarded first novel, The Accidental…
- Extra Bilingual Community Newspaper
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- 11/21/2009
- Interview with Rose Contreras, founder of Onda Books
- There's a new Latino publisher on the web: Onda Books . Its goal? To support unpublished and new Latino authors and break the mold of the big publishing houses by offering an alternative press to those talented authors who work to move…
- Examiner
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- Celebrated author Sandra Cisneros (“The House on Mango Street”) created a special ofrenda (altar) for the 23rd annual exhibition, billed the largest of its type in the U.S. Founded in 1940, this student-led society is billed as the longest…
- MetroMix
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- 11/17/2009
- Featured Holiday Book: Las Christmas, by Esmeralda Santiago…
- Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza. From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot…
- Examiner
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- 11/21/2009
- Cisneros Named Student of the Week
- ... enthusiasm," said computer applications teacher Sandra Stocks. "In high school you have a lot more work and you have to be a lot more responsible for yourself; no one is there to tell you what to do all the time," said Cisneros.…
- iHigh
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- 11/20/2009
- Saying More with Less
- Jonah Raskin is the author of The Mythology of Imperialism: A Revolutionary Critique of British Literature and Society in the Modern Age , a new edition of which has just been published by Monthly Review Press. Adam Raskin , a professional…
- Monthly Review
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- 11/18/2009
- First look: 'New Moon' opens to massive $140.7 million, $258.8…
- Alcon Entertainment's inspirational drama "The Blind Side," starring Sandra Bullock, opened to a much-bigger-than ... Ben Fritz Photo: Fans Deeanna Lopez, left, Sabrina Lopez and Ilrimani Cisneros at the opening of "The Twilight Saga: New…
- Los Angeles Times Blogs
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- 23 hours ago
- First look: 'New Moon' opens to massive $140.7 million, $248.8…
- Alcon Entertainment's inspirational drama "The Blind Side," starring Sandra Bullock, opened to a much-bigger-than ... Ben Fritz Photo: Fans Deeanna Lopez, left, Sabrina Lopez and Ilrimani Cisneros at the opening of "The Twilight Saga: New…
- Los Angeles Times Blogs
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- 1 day ago
- On Display
- Le Bistro French Restaurant, 150 S ... Photography by Jason Roberts, Art Cisneros, Ken Bolf; oil paintings by Freda Darby and Donna Garrett; acrylic paintings by Marilou Wagar; reverse painting on glass by Miranda Justus; watercolors and…
- Albany Democrat-Herald
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- 11/19/2009