Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros has been studied in classrooms, recommended to daughters by their mothers and then to their friends, read in book clubs, topped national best-seller lists, and awarded literary prizes. A series of short vignettes that make up a year in a young life, the novel explores identity, family dynamics, the power of language, and the necessity of community as Esperanza experiences joy, sorrow, growth and false starts. "Every human being is a walking book", says Cisneros. The work is part autobiographical and part inspired by her students at Chicago’s Latino Youth Alternative High School and decades later, it is easy to see why this book has remained so important and so influential, but less easy to understand why it’s faced bans. "Books are medicine,” says Cisneros, “and if it's not your prescription, that doesn't mean you burn down the whole pharmacy." Our next MSNBC Live event is on October 11th in New York City! Buy Tickets Now: msnbc.com/live25 For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC:    / msnbc   » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok   / msnbc   » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram   / msnbc   Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/dow... Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, The Weeknight, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc... #Books #Velshi #MSNBC