Sandra Cisneros long wanted an invite to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Now, she’s in

NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Cisneros, one of this year’s inductees into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, admits she’s been wanting to join for a long time.

“I felt like I was waiting for someone to ask me to dance. I felt like a literary wallflower, because I never got invited,” says Cisneros, whose books include such favorites as “The House on Mango Street” and “Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.”

“There are some clubs I don’t care to be a part of, but this one I wanted to be in,” she added...