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Copeland, Libby Ingrid. "Cultural Go-Between: Author Esmeralda Santiago's Two Languages and Two Lives." The Washington Post (November 12, 1998): C01.

Copeland ties Santiago's early feelings of cultural disenfranchisement to "the vivid realism of her writing."

Gregory, Gwen. Review of Almost a Woman.

Library Journal (October 1, 1998):104-6. A positive review that praises Santiago's skill in writing descriptions and dialog.

Rios, Alexandra. Review of Almost a Woman.

Hispanic (June 1999):70. A review that emphasizes the author's courage in the face of the culture shock and the negative stereotyping that she encountered on the mainland.

Schon, Isabel. Review of Almost a Woman.

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (August 27, 1999): 37. Well-known Hispanic youth literature expert and critic Schon sums up the book as "a wonderful memoir about an immigrant family's experiences in New York amid the...
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