Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong examines how one of the state's most celebrated writers found a home in San Antonio.

Minnesota writer Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here” may be on everyone’s lips these days, but is now really the time to read a dystopian novel about civilization collapsing? May we suggest ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presented the 2025 Portrait of a Nation Awards Saturday, Nov. 15, to four new honorees for their transformative contributions to American history and ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Selling Sunset has a new cast member who is already stirring the pot with audience fave Chrishell Stause. Not only is newcomer Sandra Vergara an experienced actress and ...

Jenaro “Jerry” Cisneros, 99 ½ , of Aurora, IL, passed away on October 26, 2025, surrounded by his family after a life well lived. He was born on April 26, 1926, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, the ...

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros. This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros. She has won many awards, among them ...

It’s not every day that Arizona has the honor of welcoming an internationally renowned Chicana literary icon like Sandra Cisneros. On Friday, Oct. 10, Tempe will host Cisneros at the Desert Nights, ...

Esau Melcher Cisneros, 84, of Greenfield, went on to be in his heavenly home Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. He was born April 17, 1941, in Houston, Texas, to the late Marcello & Virginia (Gomez) Cisneros. Esau ...

Sandra Birchmore's 2021 death was initially ruled a suicide, but a police officer was arrested for his alleged role in her death three years later Stoughton Police Department via AP Sandra Birchmore ...

Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street is a series of vignettes drawn from the experiences of a Mexican-American girl living in Chicago. Since its publication in 1983, it’s become required reading ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has proclaimed Sept. 4, 2025 to be Sandra Cisneros Day, honoring the famed local author. Cisneros has written more than a dozen books, including the cherished novel "The House on ...

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros has been studied in classrooms, recommended to daughters by their mothers and then to their friends, read in book clubs, topped national best-seller ...