World-renowned author says books are medicine

Sandra Cisneros’ writing has always explored the intersection of things: poetry/prose, memoir/ fiction, Mexico/the U.S., spiritual/ earthly. As a child, her family often traveled between their home in Chicago to visit relatives in Mexico, and she spoke both Spanish and English. Her experience existing in liminal spaces may have given rise to her ability

to write so well about them, and her audience has long been the beneficiary of her perception.