Women’s History Month’s Feature: Sandra Cisneros, Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer, and Artist

Hello book
lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to
you, novelist, poet, short story writer, and artist, Sandra Cisneros. She is a pivotal
figure in Chicano literature and her work explores the formation of Chicano
identity, the challenges of being caught between two cultures (Mexican and Anglo-American) and experiencing poverty. Her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1983)
is a coming-of-age novel that has been translated worldwide and is taught in
U.S. classrooms. She is also known for her short story collection, Woman Hollering
Creek and Other Stories (1991).

 She has
garnered multiple awards, notably receiving fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts (1981 and 1988), an American Book Award (1985), and a MacArthur
fellowship (1995). In 2017, she was awarded one of 25 new Ford Foundation Art
of Change Fellowships. She has a strong sense of commitment to community and
literary causes having established the Macondo Writers Workship in 1998 that provides
socially conscious workshops for writers. In 2000, she also founded the Alfredo
Cisneros Del Moral Foundation which awards talented writers with ties to Texas
(where she lived and wrote for many years). Check out her quote about the
beauty of literature. #womenshistorymonth #novelist #poet #shortstorywriter
#artist #NationalEndowmentfortheArts #AmericanBookAward #MacArthurFellowship
#FordFoundationArtofChange #SandraCisneros #vocalexpressions

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Deliah Lawrence Attorney, Author, Blogger, Workshop Facilitator

Deliah Lawrence is a Maryland-based attorney and award-winning author of two romantic suspense novels (Gotta Let It Go and Gotta Get It Back) set in Baltimore. She’s also a blogger and workshop facilitator who writes poetry and short stories.

When Deliah isn’t writing, you can find her reading a book, indulging in her addiction to investigation discovery shows; or painting her yet-to-be exhibited oil artworks of landscapes, portraits or whatever else comes to her creative mind. Constantly on the go, she is also a member of the Black Writers’ Guild of Maryland and Sisters in Crime.