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New Letters on the Air: Sandra Cisneros

For Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15- October 15), Latina author Sandra Cisneros discusses her groundbreaking classic novel, "The House on Mango Street," which was released in a special 25th anniversary edition in 2009 with a new forward essay by Cisneros. By New Letters on the Air

Kansas City, MO – The founder of the Macondo Foundation to foster creativity among socially-engaged writers, Cisneros talks about her own growth as a writer of fiction, essays and poetry, and reads from this early work as well as from her more recent novel, "Caramello," and her poetry collection, "Loose Woman."

Listen here until October 7, 2009.

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