May 2009
Kirkus Review
“Stunning. A Lyrical and visionary memoir of depression, Puerto Rican identity, and young womanhood”
—Kirkus Review (starred review)
Article by Melanie A. Pérez Ortiz
Ph D Thesis of Carmen Ana Pont
"Le regard intime: du souvenir prive a la mémoire collective. L'écriture autobiographique portoricaine" Université de Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle U.F.R. D' Etudes Ibériques et Latino Américaines.
Ph D Thesis of Carmen Ana Pont has a whole chapter on the book. A great document.
Dr. Antonia Garcia-Rodriguez
Essay by Dr. Dolores Alcaide Ramirez
Link: Essay by Dr. Dolores Alcaide Ramirez on The Ladies Gallery
Phd thesis, Purdue
Abstract: This study examines the work by six female artists (five writers and one performance artist) from the Caribbean and its diaspora in the U.S. The project analyzes the depiction of violence in their works and how this violence is linked to systems of oppression inscribed in the nation. These artists (Mayra Montero, Loida Maritza Pérez, Irene Vilar, Achy Obejas, Mayra Santos Febres and Ana Mendieta) perform “transnational feminist practices” (Grewal) by showing how these links work across national borders.
Center for Reproductive Rights
Link: Center for Reproductive Rights
Dr. Cristina Mathews, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, current issue of Bilingual Review 2008
This article discusses the book using relational psychoanalytic theories and new literary critical approaches to loss.
PBS Boston Reading
National Organization for Women
Link: National Organization for Women
Planned Parenthood
Link: Planned Parenthood
Catholics for Choice
Link: Catholics for Choice
Naral Prochoice America
Link: Naral Prochoice America
Tobias Wolff
“Irene Vilar is a writer of extraordinary passion, erudition, and intelligence
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—Tobias Wolff