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Loving in the War Years | Praise
“Moraga boldly examines the meaning of being Chicana and lesbian in the
United States today.”
—Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Women’s Review of Books
“Moraga
demonstrates her virtuosity as a poet; and, as a poet, she brings to her nonfiction
essays images so hard, honest, and disturbing that her political analysis is
breathtakingly personal and immediate.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Una
realidad que se desnuda ante la luz para sacarse las espinas de fuego negro—lyrical,
evocative and well-calibrated pieces—searching through layers of experience
common to all Chicanas—finding the very source of freedom—voice and
action.”
—Lucha Corpi, author of Black Widow’s Wardrobe
“Loving
in the War Years is a beautiful tribute to the cultures that have sustained
Moraga, a book that is insightful and relentlessly tough.”
—Sojourner, The Women’s Journal
“In
Loving in the War Years, Moraga draws from those parts of her upbringing
which are necessary to her physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being—the
love of her mother’s home, the sense of community among Chicana women,
the smell of the candles in church, and the spiritual need to respect something
beyond herself—creating a portrait of beauty, anger, and independence.”
—Holly Smith, editor of 500 Great Books by Women
“An
important book of the purest perception, courage, intensity, power. Innovative,
heartachingly beautiful at times, deeply honest—it can act as a change-making
book.”
—Tillie Olsen, author of Tell Me a Riddle
“From childhood in California to the tenements of New York, Moraga records
with shocking honesty her search for identity, questioning each step which leads
her into the arms of Malinche, her violated-legendary mother, her contemporary
sister-lover.”
—Rudolfo A. Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima
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