Just like its source material, “The House on Mango Street” opera can be shattering. The death of an undocumented man, depicted in “Geraldo No Last Name,” is reimagined as a shooting ending ...

A 25th anniversary edition of The House on Mango Street has just been published. Renee Montagne speaks with author Sandra Cisneros about the story of a Mexican-American girl growing up in Chicago.

If you went to the opening-night reception for the art exhibition inspired by “The House on Mango Street,” Sandra Cisneros’ revered 1984 novel about coming of age in Chicago, you would have ...

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, $8, Amazon. Esperanza's great-grandfather kidnapped her great-grandmother. Early in the novel, Esperanza introduces the reader to her namesake—her ...

Sandra Cisneros, the award-winning author of “The House on Mango Street,” visited Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Wednesday to read several of her poems and discuss the new opera inspired by the novel.

Now, Cisneros is adapting her own work for the stage, "The House on Mango Street" will premier as an Opera this summer in New York. Sandra joined ABC7 to talk about the impact of the book, ...