October -

Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories
by Sandra Cisneros (192 pages)

Woman Hollering Creek" describes the lives of Mexicans who have crossed the border to live on ''el otro lado''— the other side—in the American Southwest. Cleofilas is trapped in a constricting, culturally assigned gender role due to her linguistic isolation, violent marriage, and poverty.

Weaving in allusions to women of Mexican history and folklore, making it clear that women across the centuries have suffered the same alienation and victimization, Cisneros presents a woman who struggles to prevail over romantic notions of domestic bliss by leaving her husband, thus awakening the power within her.

Host/Discussion Leader: Pati
Discussion Meeting: Sunday Oct 21st - 6pm

Time/Location: Pati's Home (Downtown Evanston)