Fire Flies

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Research Article| September 01 2001 Fire Flies Odilia Rivera Odilia Rivera odilia rivera was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. For the first six years of her life, she lived in a small town called Puerto Nuevo. When she was six, her family moved to the Bronx. The transition from P.R. to the Bronx was one that took many years. Her mother took her to the library every weekend, so her education owes a great deal to the New York City Public Library system. Her mother also had subtle ways to emphasize where Rivera's loyalties should lie. At least once a day, she would yell, “Remember you are Puerto Rican, not American!” Her mother's sage words kept her afloat in situations where others floundered; her ethnic and racial identity has been like a second mother. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Meridians (2001) 2 (1): 176. https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-2.1.176 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Odilia Rivera; Fire Flies. Meridians 1 September 2001; 2 (1): 176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-2.1.176 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsMeridians Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2001 by Wesleyan University Press2001 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.