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choirqueer's review
5.0
This beautiful book is a compilation of stories, writings, and photographs from the life of Sandra Cisneros, whose inimitable voice and dazzling perspective on life are as compelling in this context as in her fiction. It is the work of a writer who has an intimate relationship with her own artistry and knows just how to spin that over and over again, creating a collection of stories which are each magnificent works of art unto themselves. It's been a long time since I read The House on Mango Street; clearly I'll have to go back and read it again!
chelseausher's review
5.0
As with everything I read from Sandra Cisneros, I am constantly inspired and in awe of this book. The truth, as plain as in her other books, is so raw and perfect.
wargwe's review
5.0
perhaps her obsession with a house grew from being the only daughter in a Mexican family of six sons, a working class female Chicana. all her life she swung from house to house, and when she finally owned one, it housed all her writings, the stories of her life: this book. in the backyard of this house that she built word by word, she created a simple ofrenda for her blood kin, her ancestors, her friends, the people she once loved and still love. in the acknowledgments (my favourite section of a good book), she tells a simple tale of a house given to the community who helped to build it. thank you, thank you for your hospitality
if I were to move to a foreign place one day, I’d take this along in my suitcase, this little multi-dimensional house equipped with a living room filled with art, dead poets, dead singers, angry letters, lecture transcripts, eulogies, a fireplace for word-of-mouth stories, a closet for huipiles, things and places that don’t exist in a HDB flat, periwinkle walls, a portal, a door
if I were to move to a foreign place one day, I’d take this along in my suitcase, this little multi-dimensional house equipped with a living room filled with art, dead poets, dead singers, angry letters, lecture transcripts, eulogies, a fireplace for word-of-mouth stories, a closet for huipiles, things and places that don’t exist in a HDB flat, periwinkle walls, a portal, a door
farkle's review
5.0
Admittedly I would read Sandra Cisneros's grocery lists, but her words still resonate with me as they did when I first discovered her work in college. Reading her now, as I near 40, I am reminded to take stock of those who have influenced me and touched my life. And also of the many homes I have passed through, carry with me, and that continue to shape who I am.
bibliobrujx's review
5.0
I savored this book. Every page. I didn't want it to end. Sandra Cisneros' voice is incredible, strong and proud. She makes me want to write, and be heard.
This collection of essays and articles are profound, and deserve to be read and shared time and time again. I am so glad to be able to read "new" writing by her, that I had not encountered. Reading A House of My Own, made me want to go back and read Caramelo and House on Mango Street. Her voice is so important to Chicanas, Latinas, y Mexicanas, she really validates all of my worries, and dreams, and questions about my existence in La Frontera.
This collection of essays and articles are profound, and deserve to be read and shared time and time again. I am so glad to be able to read "new" writing by her, that I had not encountered. Reading A House of My Own, made me want to go back and read Caramelo and House on Mango Street. Her voice is so important to Chicanas, Latinas, y Mexicanas, she really validates all of my worries, and dreams, and questions about my existence in La Frontera.
leannanecdote's review
4.0
Reading challenge categories:
-Book by a person of color
-Book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
-Book written by someone you admire
-Book with pictures
-Book about an interesting woman
-Book by a person of color
-Book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
-Book written by someone you admire
-Book with pictures
-Book about an interesting woman