Woman Hollering Creek: And Other StoriesA collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. |
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... knew it would be when I met Boy Baby . But you must know , I was no girl back then . And Boy Baby was no boy . Chaq Uxmal Paloquín . Boy Baby was a man . When I asked him how old he was he said he didn't know . The past and the future ...
... knew it would be when I met Boy Baby . But you must know , I was no girl back then . And Boy Baby was no boy . Chaq Uxmal Paloquín . Boy Baby was a man . When I asked him how old he was he said he didn't know . The past and the future ...
Page 70
... knew what living without meant . He knew . My father , on the other hand , did not . True , when he first came to this country he had worked shelling clams , washing dishes , planting hedges , sat on the back of the bus in Little Rock ...
... knew what living without meant . He knew . My father , on the other hand , did not . True , when he first came to this country he had worked shelling clams , washing dishes , planting hedges , sat on the back of the bus in Little Rock ...
Page 72
... knew up on the north side . Pistols going off like the wild , wild West , and me and Ximena and the kids huddled in one bed with the lights off listening to it all , saying , Go to sleep , babies , it's just firecrackers . But we knew ...
... knew up on the north side . Pistols going off like the wild , wild West , and me and Ximena and the kids huddled in one bed with the lights off listening to it all , saying , Go to sleep , babies , it's just firecrackers . But we knew ...
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My Lucy friend Who Smells Lite Corn | 3 |
Eleven | 6 |
Salvador Late or Early | 10 |
Copyright | |
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