Tag: Sandra Cisneros

My Heroes on the Shelves

When I was fifteen, studying at a private high school, I wanted to write an author report on Sandra Cisneros, the most important writer of my young but committed reading life (I was the sort of kid who skipped class to read). I was told by my English teacher that if I was interested in…
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Tribes

The picture above was one I took from the back corner of an auditorium where I was lucky to get a place to sit on the floor, with my back against the wall, behind the speakers, to hear some of my literary heroes talk about process and feminism and the body in literature.  That crowd,…
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