Collins, USAF (retired), earned a place in history as the first American woman to pilot, and later to command, a space mission. She earns her living by her pen.Ĭolonel Eileen M. As a single woman, she chose to have books instead of children. Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. Her latest book, Woman Without Shame, the first collection of her poetry in 28 years, will be published by Knopf and by Vintage Español in a Spanish language translation, Mujer sin vergüenza, by Liliana Valenzuela.

Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo, a story in English and in Spanish, was published in 2021. Her novel The House on Mango Street has sold over seven million copies, been translated into over twenty-five languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and universities across the nation. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, the PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working class. Tello, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri and Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julián and Joaquin Castro, illustrated by Mirelle Ortega. Recent picture books include Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano/ Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. They have received multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Américas Award, the Christopher Award, and others. Monica’s books have been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. Her picture book biographies include Tito Puente: Mambo King/ Tito Puente: Rey del mambo, illustrated by Rafael López Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People/Poeta del Pueblo, illustrated by Julie Paschikas and Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, illustrated by John Parrawas and named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Monica Brown is the author of the Lola Levine chapter book series and many award-winning picture books for children, including Waiting for the Biblioburro, illustrated by John Parra, and Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina, illustrated by Sara Palacios. In 2022, she was selected as the Hurston-Wright Foundation’s inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Rutgers University-Newark, and she will serve as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for 2022–2023. Her debut novel, Nobody’s Magic, was published by Grand Central in February 2022. Her debut poetry collection, Negotiations, was published by Tin House Books in October 2020 and was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection. Destiny has won the Academy of American Poets Prize and has received support from Cave Canem, Callaloo, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Pink Door, MacDowell, the Ragdale Foundation, and Tin House, where she was a 2018 Summer Workshop Scholar. Her critical work has appeared in African American Review and The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature. Birdsong is a Louisiana-born poet, essayist, and fiction writer whose work has either appeared or is forthcoming in the Paris Review Daily, Poets & Writers, Catapult, The Best American Poetry 2021, and elsewhere. Const CHARSET_LOWER = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' Ĭonst CHARSET_UPPER = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' Ĭonst CHARSET_ALPHA = CHARSET_LOWER + CHARSET_UPPER Ĭonst CHARSET_ALNUM = CHARSET_ALPHA + CHARSET_NUM Ĭonst CHARSET_ALNUM_SANE = CHARSET_ALNUM.Destiny O.

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