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Sandra Cisneros is in her 'magical mystery period'

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Sandra Cisneros is best known for her debut novel, The House on Mango Street, which follows a year in the life of a young Chincana girl. For the 40th anniversary of that book, Sandra joined Rachel for a conversation in front of a live audience at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Sandra shared a story about a teacher who changed her life and talked about why she's excited about death.

Rachel Martin is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.