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Woman Hollering Creek

“Woman Hollering Creek” first appeared in Sandra Cisneros’ 1991 book Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. Cleofilas Enriqueta DeLeon Hernandez is a young Mexican woman who moves to Texas with her new husband and begins a new life on the banks of Woman Hollering Creek. She finds herself trapped with an abusive husband in a country whose language she does not speak.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

LINCCWeb Online Catalog – Search Terms (In All Fields)

• Cisneros, Sandra.

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.  1992.

                        Call Number:  PS3553.I78 W66 1992

• Mirriam-Goldberg, Caryn. Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist. 1998.

                        Call Number:  PS3553.I78 Z77 1998

•  Thornburg, Mary K. Patterson. CliffsNotes Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street and “Woman Hollering Creek” and Other Stories . 2001.

                         Call Number:  PS3553.I56 H63 2001

Reference Materials

• Contempory Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771.C59

o   Vol. 118, pg. 188-89, 193, 197-98, 204

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Vol. 2, pg. 583

o   Vol. 7, pg. 2956

• Masterplots II, Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 8, pg. 4675-77

• Short Story Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 32, pg. 15-17, 21, 24-5, 37

o   Vol. 72, pg. 64, 67, 72-3, 76-7, 79, 81, 90-94, 100-110, 112, 116, 120, 129, 137, 139, 142, 145, 150, 152, 156, 160-1

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 3, pg. 383-98

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale

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Last Revised on November 21, 2021