I the Woman

Podcast #2 is up and ready to go! Last week I read an excerpt out of Sandra Cisneros book the House on Mango Street and in keeping with the same author I’d like to also read a poem written by Sanda Cisneros entitled, I the Woman.

Hope you enjoy it!!

Works Cited

Song, On the Water, courtesy of freeplaymusic.com

Poem, I the Woman, written by Sandra Cisneros

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The House on Mango Street

Published in 1984, The House on Mango Street was one of my favorite novels growing up. If follows the life of a Mexican girl named Esperanza Cordero, trying to get out of a Chicago ghetto. Here is an excerpt from one vignette entitled My name. Enjoy!

Works Cited

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books, 1984. 25-27.

Last Dancers Standing (3:32)
Composed by:Dean Barrett, APRA (50%), Judy Whittaker, APRA (50%)
Published by: Freeplaymusic

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