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Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street (1984) tells in poetry and prose the inspiring coming-ofage story of Esperanza Cordero, a young girl growing up in the impoverished Hispanic community in Chicago.

The anthology Pieces of the Heart: New Chicano Fiction (1993), edited by the Chicano poet Gary Soto, contains fifteen selections from authors such as Cisneros, Alberto Alvaro Rios, Ana Castillo, Victor Martinez, and Helena Maria Viramontes.

Growing Up Chicana/o (1995), edited by Tiffany Ana Lopez, contains twenty autobiographical essays and stories that...

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