I was silent as a child, an... by Sandra Cisneros, an American Author

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“I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect.”

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Name: Sandra Cisneros

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 20, 1954

Profession: Author

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I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago.

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Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.

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My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

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Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

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I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

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