Human beings pass me on the street, and I want to reach out and strum them as if they were guitars. Sometimes all humanity strikes me as lovely. I just want to reach out and stroke someone and say There, there, it’s all right, honey. There, there, there.
Sandra Cisneros, “Never Marry a Mexican.” In Vintage Cisneros. 2004.
Sandra Cisneros (1954– ) Mexican-American writer.
A key figure in Chicana literature, Cisneros’s work often focuses on the themes of identity, economic inequality, and community. The Chicago native is best known for The House on Mango Street, the first work by a female Mexican-American author to be published by a mainstream publisher (Vintage Press.) A simple style belies much more complicated social and cultural issues addressed in her work.
