Little Miracles, Kept Promises | Essays and Criticism

  • Gender Roles

    Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English. In this essay, he examines how three female characters in Cisneros’s story challenge prevailing ideas of gender roles in their Mexican-American community and decide to live life on their own terms.

  • Little Miracles, Kept Promises

    Bily teaches literature and writing at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. In the following essay, she discusses ‘‘Little Miracles, Kept Promises’’ as a demonstration of Cisneros’s intentions to create a new form of literature to celebrate a new people.

  • Border Crossings and Beyond

    In the following essay excerpt, Ganz calls ‘‘Little Miracles, Kept Promises’’ ‘‘perhaps the most telling representation of the diversity of voices that make up Woman Hollering Creek.’’