In My Own Words: Growing Up Inside the Sanctuary of My Imagination

by Nicholasa Mohr

In a memoir by the author of Felita, Mohr recalls growing up as a poor, female Puerto Rican in Spanish Harlem and describes the blossoming of her imaginative powers.

118 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Nicholasa Mohr (born November 1, 1938) is one of the best known Nuyorican writers. Her works tell of growing up in the Puerto Rican communities of the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States. She was raised in the Bronx. From 1988 through 1991, she taught at Queens College, City University of New York. From 1994 through 1995, she was Writer-in-Residence at Richmond College, the American University in London.

Reviews

[Lauren]

This author continues to hold a very special place on my lists of favorite writers. Her books take me back to my life in Spanish Harlem and the Puerto Rican that I grew to love. Reading this work opened my awareness that not only is this writer gifted in painting pictures with words but other media as well. I continue to be inspired when reading this book. I am grateful to have the privilege of reading this memoir of her life.