- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (Mar 14 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679755276
- ISBN-13: 978-0679755272
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1 x 20.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,238,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The three parts of this spirited collection address the heart, "spangled again and lopsided." In her second book of poems, Cisneros ( My Wicked Wicked Ways ) presents a street-smart, fearlessly liberated persona who raves, sometimes haphazardly, always with abandon, about the real thing: "I am . . . / The lust goddess without guilt. / The delicious debauchery. You bring out / the primordial exquisiteness in me." As if breaking all the rules ("Because someone once / said Don't / do that! / you like to do it"), she delves with urgency into things carnal--sequins, cigars, black lace bras and menstrual blood. Readers of Cisneros's coming-of-age novel The House on Mango Street (which Knopf is reissuing in hardcover) will recognize the almost mythic undertow of her voice; it never weakens. We meet again a powerful, fiercely independent woman of Mexican heritage, though this time innocence has long been lost. For her the worlds of language and life are one and the same: "Lorenzo, I forget what's real. / I mix up the details of what happened / with what I witnessed inside my / universe." These poems--short-lined, chantlike, biting--insistently rework the same themes to tap them. In the end, however, despite the accessible boldness of the writing, the poems lack the depth, the complexity and the lyrical magic of the author's fiction. QPB alternate; first serial to the New Yorker.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
"You bring out the Mexican in me./The hunkered thick dark spiral./The core of a heart howl./The bitter bile./The tequila lagrimas on Saturday all/through next weekend Sunday." In this typically direct, sensual, and bitingly colloquial poem, Cisneros is addressing a lover, but she might as well be addressing the act of writing itself, which clearly brings out the best in her, along with the passion she associates with her Mexican roots. As in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (LJ 4/1/91), one of LJ's Best Books of 1991, Cisneros deftly explores the consequences of being Hispanic and a woman-in particular, being the tough, independent free-spirited "loose woman" of her title. The poems that result are brilliant and shimmering and sharp-tongued and just occasionally a little too similar. Highly recommended where good poetry is read and essential for all Hispanic collections.
Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy and Fun,
By Lisa Marie "Lisa Marie" (Southern New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loose Woman: Poems (Paperback)
Sandra Cisneros' collection of poetry is wonderful. Fun to read and very real, down to earth, very chilled out. This book is perfect for both beginners and long-time poetry readers. It doesn't take long to "figure out" what Cisneros is trying to say, mostly because she spits it out like a bullet and doesn't beat around the bush. She tackles tough subjects and doesn't flinch a bit. She's right in your face telling you "how it is." I don't know much about Cisneros, but I can guess she's an incredibly beautiful, sexy, fiesta Latina. She writes about sex and love and race and life like a woman who has lived through it all. Her book is hot and spicy and will keep you on your toes.
2.0 out of 5 stars
weak,
By adead_poet@hotmail.com "adead_poet@hotmail.com" (Beaumont, tx USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loose Woman: Poems (Paperback)
Cisneros created The House on Mango Street, which is in my opinion, one of the great modern masterpieces. I'm not familiar with her other fiction, so I don't know if she is a one hit wonder or not. I do know that her poetry is not very well done. I don't know, I expected a group of sensual or sexual poems along the lines of Sarah Cortez or Kim Addonizio. What I got were substandard poems, that were a pain to try to read. Pass this collection on by and pick up Cortez's How to Undress a Cop or any poetry collection by Kim Addonizio.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cisneros Rocks,
By "sramary" (Gallatin, Tn United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loose Woman: Poems (Paperback)
As usual Sandra you hit the spot...you put your finger on my heart....I have memories i forgot...till you refreshed them.."Red Wine" is great! This is what makes me proud to be chicana..Ms C ('seh') has such a way of revelaing us latins... remarkable ...in our unique way of experiencing life.
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