The View From Afar
OH MY GOD, FINALLY!” SANDRA CISNEROS EXHALES IN relief. The acclaimed writer and this interviewer are experiencing technical issues on an international call. After several tries, we eventually connect. “Sometimes that happens because I’m in another country. There’s nothing we can do about that,” she says in a serene tone. The telephone line crackles and hisses for a second.
A Chicago native, Cisneros, the author of the beloved young adult novel The House on Mango, the historical saga , multiple volumes of poetry, short stories, and so much more, moved to Mexico from Texas eight years ago. San Miguel de Allende, the town where she lives, not quite four hours by car northwest of Mexico City, is home to many artists.
