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Summary: A passionate poetic voice
Review: "Loose Woman" is a collection of poetry by Sandra Cisneros. Throughout the book Cisneros revels in a sort of "bad girl" image: the overall persona is that of a passionate, sexual woman who's had her share of both joy and disappointment. At times she sounds like a Latina soul sister to Charles Bukowski and Allen Ginsberg.The book is mainly in English, but peppered with Spanish words and phrases; there is one poem entirely in Spanish ("Amorcito Corazon"). Cisneros writes about love, womanhood, Latina identity, and creativity. Some of my favorite selections from "Loose Woman": "You Bring Out the Mexican in Me," a Whitmanesque celebration of both the speaker's lover and of her own ethnic identity; "Dulzura," with the memorable opening line "Make love to me in Spanish"; "Down There," which celebrates menstruation with vibrantly graphic language; and the title poem, in which the speaker declares "I break laws, / upset the natural order." The book is throughout spiced with a colorful medley of multicultural references: Dolores del Rio, Nebuchadnezzar, Mohammed, Houdini, the gargoyles of Notre Dame, Sir Walter Raleigh, Marilyn Monroe, etc. Cisneros' language is often raw and sexual, sometimes playfully elegant; I loved her phrase "the origami of the brain" (from "Night Madness Poem"). Definitely a worthwhile collection of poetry from an intriguing Latina voice.
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Summary: Modern Poetry at it's best
Review: Again, Sandra Cisneros paints the poetic sky with her lyricism and word play. What other poet possesses such gift and style? Cisneros's poem titles in LOOSE WOMAN (1994) such as "I Am on My Way to Oklahoma to Bury the Man I Nearly Left My Husband For," "Down There," "Original Sin," "A Man in My Bed Like Cracker Crumbs," and "You Bring Out the Mexican in Me" speak for themselves. For their originality and fire, I recommend this volume of poetry by the brave and thundering Sandra Cisneros.
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Summary: A Poet on the Loose
Review: Again, Sandra Cisneros paints the poetic sky with her lyricism and word play. What other poet possesses such gift and style? Cisneros's poem titles in LOOSE WOMAN (1994) such as "I Am on My Way to Oklahoma to Bury the Man I Nearly Left My Husband For," "Down There," "Original Sin," "A Man in My Bed Like Cracker Crumbs," and "You Bring Out the Mexican in Me" speak for themselves. For their originality and fire, I recommend this volume of poetry by the brave and thundering Sandra Cisneros.
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Summary: Lovely to be a woman. . .
Review: As someone who is always looking for the perfect book of poetry, and always disappointed with long winded words on nature and simplified heartbreak, Cisneros's Loose Women is a welcome relief. I'm not Mexican, but "You Bring Out the Mexican In Me" whole-heartedly brought out the woman in me (for which my boyfriend is very greatful). A must-have for every woman.
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Summary: Cisneros Rocks
Review: As usual Sandra you hit the spot...you put your finger on my heart....I have memories i forgot...till you refreshed them.. "Red Wine" is great! This is what makes me proud to be chicana..Ms C ('seh') has such a way of revelaing us latins... remarkable ...in our unique way of experiencing life.
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Summary: weak
Review: Cisneros created The House on Mango Street, which is in my opinion, one of the great modern masterpieces. I'm not familiar with her other fiction, so I don't know if she is a one hit wonder or not. I do know that her poetry is not very well done. I don't know, I expected a group of sensual or sexual poems along the lines of Sarah Cortez or Kim Addonizio. What I got were substandard poems, that were a pain to try to read. Pass this collection on by and pick up Cortez's How to Undress a Cop or any poetry collection by Kim Addonizio.
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Summary: honest uncensored poetry
Review: Cisneros once again proves to us that she is one of the best poet/prose writers of our time. This collection of liberal poetry is intoxicating and addictive. Cisneros is not afraid to expose herself nor the subjects that are taboo in the latino culture. Loose Woman is a must read.
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Summary: Sway those hips miss lady....make them heel
Review: Ever since the first time I read My WIcked WIcked Ways, I knew that there was soemthing special and unique about Miss. Sandras writing. She has a provocative style, measuring up to the filail piety of a "erotic" poet. She has a loud voice, with silent words, and nails emotion like a new born baby. Her screams of love, life and secret deeds...makes all want to kee reading her work. Her world seems like a very interesting place to be, and I almost wonder if she will be one of the GREATS one day. I love her masculine, and feminie varients between living and loving...I think she is great at evoking emotion. My favorite poem from this book is about her "period". A time when woman hood is at its peak, and you are maturing. It has an honest and vigilent ring that most people would cringe at. I LOVE HER WORK! I have read the house on Mango Street and whatever books of ghers that I have, enjoying them all!
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Summary: Find someone else to read this great collection of poetry
Review: Loose Woman is a gathering of earthy, sexy, raunchy, cool, and lyrical poems. Celebrations of the pleasures of being a Woman, they cry out to be heard aloud, so when I saw this cassette I snapped it up. If anyone could do justice to this poety, I figured, it would be the Gal who wrote it. Imagine my utter dismay at hearing Cisneros' thin, high-pitched voice attempt "You Bring Out the Mexican in Me." Cisneros' voice is so annoying I couldn't finish the cassette; it set my nerves on edge. I ended up not only disappointed in my purchase, but disgusted at the conceit of Cisneros reading her own poetry rather than acknowledging that she did not have the voice to match her smoky pen.
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Summary: Sexy and Fun
Review: Sandra Cisneros' collection of poetry is wonderful. Fun to read and very real, down to earth, very chilled out. This book is perfect for both beginners and long-time poetry readers. It doesn't take long to "figure out" what Cisneros is trying to say, mostly because she spits it out like a bullet and doesn't beat around the bush. She tackles tough subjects and doesn't flinch a bit. She's right in your face telling you "how it is." I don't know much about Cisneros, but I can guess she's an incredibly beautiful, sexy, fiesta Latina. She writes about sex and love and race and life like a woman who has lived through it all. Her book is hot and spicy and will keep you on your toes.
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