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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

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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
Arts Administrator
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Teacher
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
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Years
Really
Good
Latino
Published
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Fiction

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