Project Exchange

Resource: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros

Related Project: Who Am I? Book Project

Description

Woman Hollering Creek is a series of vignettes that describe the lives of Mexicans who have crossed the border to live on "el otro lado"— the other side— in the American Southwest. Cisneros' use of sensory details in her memoir-like stories served as one of many examples for students.

Format

Reading