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Sandra Cisneros on Sex, Aging, and the Paranormal

Death, Sex & Money

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The Chicago Nemesis

In her 2015 essay collection, A House of My Home, Sandra describes several lovers. She calls a recurring one the "Chicago Nemesis," but says she made him up. Does your Chicago nemesis know that's his nickname? No. But see, the funny thing is that when I write about people, like my long poem and my new book, you better not put me in it because people that are not in it think they're in it.

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