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Sandra Cisneros's Reading List

“These are not your typical war stories,” says the writer Sandra Cisneros, whose new book is “Martita, I Remember You.”

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By the Book: Sandra Cisneros (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-09-02).

Source: www.nytimes.com

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Sherman Alexie · Buy on Amazon
""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," memoir, Sherman Alexie"
Afterlife
Julia Alvarez · Buy on Amazon
""Afterlife," novel, Julia Alvarez"
Create Dangerously
Edwidge Danticat · Buy on Amazon
""Create Dangerously," essays, Edwidge Danticat (Always on my night stand)"
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Joy Harjo · Buy on Amazon
""Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings," poetry, Joy Harjo (Another one I keep on my night stand all the time)"
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz · Buy on Amazon
""Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment," by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a history of how the United States evolved to where we are as a nation besieged by gun violence."
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz · Buy on Amazon
"I loved her earlier book, "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"; reading it was like going back to school and gaining a new perspective of the Americas."
The Nine Guardians
Rosario Castellanos · Buy on Amazon
""The Nine Guardians," by Rosario Castellanos, a beautiful novel about a village on the Mexico-Guatemala border during the turbulent power shifts of the 1930s."
Maud Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks · Buy on Amazon
"My favorites are Gwendolyn Brooks's "Maud Martha" and Mercé Rodoreda's "The Time of the Doves," both books that deal with war"
The Time of the Doves
Mercè Rodoreda · Buy on Amazon
"Mercé Rodoreda's "The Time of the Doves," both books that deal with war"
Cover of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · Buy on Amazon
"I realized the film is the story of a girl who wants to be a writer. I read the book by Betty Smith soon after, and I've loved it ever since."
Cover of Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor · Buy on Amazon
""Temporada de huracánes" and its English translation, "Hurricane Season," novel, Fernanda Melchor"

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