SEARCHING FOR A VOICE: Ambiguities and Possibilities

When I first heard Sandra Cisneros talk about her work, I was struck by her frequent allusions to her “voice.” House on Mango Street, she said, was very definitely her child voice; in her more recent poetry she had found a new voice. At that time, I had just completed my first novella, and it occurr...

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Main Author: Erlinda Gonzales-Berry
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
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Summary:When I first heard Sandra Cisneros talk about her work, I was struck by her frequent allusions to her “voice.” House on Mango Street, she said, was very definitely her child voice; in her more recent poetry she had found a new voice. At that time, I had just completed my first novella, and it occurred to me that I had never consciously set out to find a voice; I had merely begun to write, and wrote until I felt I had reached the end of the line. I continued to reflect for some time on the question of voice,
DOI:10.2307/jj.3385989.12