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Judith Ortiz Cofer (February 24, 1952 – December 30, 2016 [2]) was a Puerto Rican author. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction.
In his book José, Can You See?, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez mentions Cofer's trouble with the stereotyping, but also highlights that she uses the term "Latino" as an identity marker, which shows that she "not only embraces other Latino ethnicities in the U.S., she also engages in the deconstruction of Latina stereotypes in Hollywood and in the media". [2]
The Line of the Sun, titled La Línea del Sol in the Spanish translation, is a 1989 novel written by Puerto Rican-American author Judith Ortiz Cofer. The story spans three decades, beginning in the late 1930s and ending in the 1960s. [1] The novel is Ortiz Cofer's main work of prose, and its publication helped broaden her readership. [2]
Judith Ortiz Cofer. author, poet. A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood. Lola Rodríguez de Tió, poet. Wrote lyrics to the original version of the Puerto Rican anthem "La Borinqueña". María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rico's first female poet and one of its first playwrights
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... since the 1980s, books on the Santería religious sect in Spanish and English; J ... Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), poet, ...
Riding Low on the Streets of Gold, Latino Literature for Young Adults, Ed. by Judith Ortiz Cofer (Piñata Books/Arte Público Press/University of Houston, 2003) ISBN 1-55885-380-4. Latino/a Literature in the English Classroom ; Ed. by Manuel Hernández (Editorial Plaza Mayor; San Juan, PR, 2003) ISBN 1-56328-249-6 .
The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women: 1993 Sandra Cisneros: Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: 1994 Judith Ortiz Cofer: The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry: 1995 Reginald Gibbons: Sweetbitter: A Novel: 1996 Madison Smartt Bell: All Souls' Rising: 1997 Jamaica Kincaid: Autobiography of My Mother: 1998 Walter Mosley: Always ...
"Kipling and I" (poem), in Wáchale!: poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America, edited by Ilan Stavans, 2001. Chicago: Cricket Books. ISBN 0-8126-4750-5. "The teacher was surprised", in Riding low on the street of gold, edited and with an introduction by Judith Ortiz Cofer, 2003. Houston, Texas: Piñata Books; Arte Público Press.