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  <title><![CDATA[Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>A collection of stories, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sandra Cisneros]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 02 10:43:44 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love how blunt the narrators of the various stories are.  Even when the narrator is doing or saying terrible things, there's something about her that is still likable even as you hate her.  Her strength and rebellious attitude, mixed with the vulnerability she sometimes reveals, makes her a fascin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58104712">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I liked this since so many people I respect sing its praises. Instead of being drawn into Cisneros's voice or themes, I found the execution of the stories to be largely frustrating. Cisneros likes to use lists in her stories, lists of sounds, lists of items for sale at the grocery, lists of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64730685">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is absolutely magical.  There are perhaps only two or three short stories that did not grip me, but otherwise I have read all the others it at least four times.  I think Cisneros truly found her voice here - poetic, hypnotic, erotic storytelling with multi-cultural and feminist undertones....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7299257">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I finally finished Sandra Cisneros’ short story collection. I was surprised that it took me a few weeks to read, since it’s only about 200 pages long. For some reason, I just could not get rolling with this book. It’s a collection of short stories by the acclaimed writer and poet, mostly set i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36590654">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2365737">
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 25 12:06:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cisneros was one of my first introductions to language used in this lyrical way. I fell in love with Cisneros, particarly &quot;BBQ&quot; and &quot;Ten,&quot; from her House on Mango Street.]]></body>
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    <review id="20627076">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this collection of short stories during my women in literature class in college. Each story offers an amazing tale. Every woman (and man) should read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="64968857">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved The House on Mango Street<br/>                       and very much wanted to read more<br/>                       of this author.  The quality of <br/>                       the stories varied wildly, from<br/>                       excellent to poor.  Even the <br/>                    ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64968857">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56961726">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, only a partial review -- read the first section, the &quot;children's stories&quot; as they are sometimes considered, although I can see why Cisneros doesn't think of them as children's stories (and to me they also seem to be for an adult audience, because they're so poetic).  Great lines and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56961726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20474004">
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  <date_added>Fri Apr 18 11:43:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her poetic language was consistent throughout; present in the vignettes as well as the longer stories. I think the vignettes benefited from being in the collection. As stand alone pieces many of them didn't work well for me. They were strong on voice and with evocative language, but I wanted somethi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20474004">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11756575">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 05 20:54:28 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was assigned reading in high school where each student got one different book picked by the teacher and i need to thank Mrs Chapman because it blew my mind. Really changed the way I thought, or maybe made me realize and focus and bring to light what I thought and didnt understand yet or wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11756575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55632241">
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    <name><![CDATA[Caitlin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 10 20:24:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 10 20:27:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was given this book by a mentor i was matched up with in high school. i didn't get much out o the relationship, but she gave me a nice picture frame, and this book. i wish i could thank her for the book now, because i loved it then and i love it now! i got to hear sandra cisneros speak recently an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55632241">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2949765">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or lieke the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;He said he would love me like a revolution, like a religion.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2949765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41501087">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, well, compilation, intrigued me even at a time in my life when I was less mindful of other cultures. The stories are a nice grouping of interesting stories told from a Hispanic perspective. My wife, who is of Mexican descent, enjoyed stories in this book as well. I read the story &quot;El...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41501087">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52230631">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short stories and poems.  I read all of it in one day.  I should've slowed down but I wanted to finish it all.<br/>The only stories I remember are the one about Zapata's wife or mistress.  There was also the one where the woman is talking to the virgin mary, which led me to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52230631">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65790501">
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    <body><![CDATA[Lyrical and powerful and it, along with &quot;House on Mango Street&quot; and her poetry, were very influential to me. My copy of the short stories was one she gave me after I told her a story at a signing, and she signed it in big loopy letters. I haven't followed her writing in recent years. I wil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65790501">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52966790">
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of short sketches, prose poems, and stories, all focused on Mexican-American women's experiences.  Some of the subject matter was not my cup of tea, and while I can appreciate such writing, it wasn't always enjoyable.  Fit my way of reading just now, because it could be enjoyed in small bites.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52966790">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38342831">
    <user id="2450583">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 16:26:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[There were only a few stories in this entire book that I cared for. Most of the stories were hard to follow at times, but it could be the form of writing Cisneros takes on. One Holy Night was one of my favorite stories, not because it was tragic, but because it had meaning and is a statisitic for ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38342831">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Never Marry a Mexican&quot; is in this collection, which is an interesting story touching on such issues as cultural clashes, infidelities, and a completely-legal-but-disconcerting case of incest.  I am curious as to whether her other stories are as bold.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sandra Cisneros is a wonderful writer, however, her range is rather limited in my view.  She truly shines when writing short fiction, when she focuses on younger people, and when she has a clear sense of community that she is trying to weave together with her stories.  Woman Hollering Creek begins b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37615438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My response to Woman Hollering Creek was extremely divergent depending on the chapter.  &quot;Elven&quot; was magical.  &quot;Barbie-Q&quot; was memorable.  I had trouble with much of &quot;There Was a Man, There Was a Woman.&quot;  I'm glad I read the book, but it sadly felt like work at times.]]></body>
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