Sandra Cisneros Quotes

I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't have to be that good.

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• I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't have to be that good.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Remember
  • Fiction
  • Publishing