AbravecollectionofpoemsfromSandraCisneros,thebest-sellingauthorofTheHouseonMangoStreet.Ithasbeentwenty-eightyearssinceSandraCisnerospublishedherlastbookofpoetry.Withdozensofnever-before-seenpoems,WomanWithoutShameisamovingcollectionofsongs,elegies,anddeclarationsthatchronicleherpilgrimagetowardrebirthandtherecognitionofherprerogativeasawomanartist.Thesebluntlyhonestandoftenhumorousmeditationsonmemory,desire,andtheessentialnatureofloveblazeapathtowardself-awareness.ForCisneros,WomanWithoutShameistheculminationofhersearchforhome--intheMexicoofherancestorsandinherownheart.
