Alex Portée is a senior trending reporter at TODAY Digital and is based in Los Angeles.
Forty years after its publication, “The House on Mango Street” continues to speak to new generations with its themes of identity, culture and the broader search for belonging. Sandra Cisneros’ groundbreaking novel introduces readers to Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana growing up in a close-knit but poor Chicago neighborhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of her family and community's economic limitations.
I just am very surprised at how the characters could still speak to me, how easily I could hear them, how much better I knew them than when I wrote the book in my 20s. Are you excited to see your work come to life as an opera? This has been such a great experience for me. I’m 69 and going on 70 in December, so it’s so wonderful to realize that every year, you have to learn whatever you thought you learned all over again. It’s like playing with Barbies again, reimagining the characters and story.
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