Pointing to her heart, the author once remarked, "Anything that is truly powerful ... comes from here," according to Adria Bernardi in
Chicago Tribune. Her stories seem genuine because they have a realistic foundation. While conceding that some entries are semi-autobiographical, Cisneros told
AAYA that "everything I write is true, but it didn't all happen to me. I would have to describe it like a cloth in which there are strands which are my own, but there are also strands of other people." With this forthright documentation of both her own experiences and those of other Latinos, the author has the irrevocable position of literary champion of her race. Yet, Cisneros confided to
AAYA: "I don't feel any sense of self-consciousness about my role as a spokesperson in the writing, because I've taken that responsibility on from the very beginning.
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