For me, sex is like a writing a poem.

It takes me to some places I don't want to go, but it's always very illuminating and

teaches me about my own needs and places that I need to work on.

This is Death, Sex, and Money.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

I need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Seale.

Sandra Cisneros is one of America's most celebrated coming of age writers.

Her book, The House on Mango Street, about a young girl growing up in Chicago, is a staple

in American classrooms and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

But I wanted to talk to Sandra Cisneros not about adolescence, but a different life phase,

being in her 60s.

A lot of her poems in her latest collection take place there.

It's called Woman Without Shame.

Sandra is now 67, and she began her 60s shamelessly when she organized her own party in the streets

of the Mexican town where she now lives.

Well, I always wanted to jump out of a cake, and so I decided, well, it's my birthday,

and I have to make things happen.

If you have never had a birthday like the one you want, it's your fault because you

haven't organized it.

So I organized a party in which everyone had to dress as pastry, and I wore a cake skirt,

and we all went to a restaurant, and then we ran downtown to have my diace, Sarah

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