Nicholasa Mohr is a "significant New York-Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) writer," according to John C. Miller in Dictionary of Literary Biography. Mohr draws upon her own childhood and adolescence to create novels and short stories that offer realistic and uncompromising portraits of life in New York City's Puerto Rican barrio. Miller also noted that Mohr's work reflects "the psychological, spiritual, and physical experiences of the Nuyorican traveling between two cultures, island and mainland." Her first book, Nilda, for instance, contains many autobiographical elements as it presents the story of a young girl struggling to mature and succeed despite living with poverty and prejudice. Nilda's drive to become an artist mirrors Mohr's own career, which has taken her from creating noteworthy paintings and prints to writing critically acclaimed novels and stories. Other popular titles from Mohr include the companion novels Felita and Going Home, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous...