Sandra Cisneros is best known for her debut novel,
The House on Mango Street, which follows a year in the life of a young Chincana girl
. For the 40th anniversary of that book, Sandra joined Rachel for a conversation in front of a live audience at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Sandra shared a story about a teacher who changed her life and talked about why she's excited about death.
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