National Poetry Month: 10 of Our Favorite Latino Poets

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Sandra Cisneros (1954 – Present)

The Chicana writer may be best known for her fiction novel, The House on Mango Street, and her collection of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, but Cisneros has also published an array of raw and descriptive poems that challenge Chicana identity and sexuality. Her poetry collections, My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman, include vivid and erotic proses that celebrate the essence of being a free and fearless woman.