Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Sandra Cisneros
Born: December 20, 1954 (age 69)
Bio: Sandra Cisneros is an American writer best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.
Known for:
- The House on Mango Street (1984)
- Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)
- Caramelo (2002)
- A House of My Own: Stories from My Life (2015)
- My wicked, wicked ways (1987)