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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 (1952–2016), poet, short story writer, ... Lourdes Vázquez (born 1949), since the 1980s, short story writer, novelist, poet essayist; Ana Lydia ...
Judith Ortiz Cofer, poet, writer and essayist [97] Micol Ostow, author. Ostow wrote Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane. Her novel Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. [98]
Maxine Chernoff, American novelist, poet and editor; Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American author of poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays and young adult novels; March 12 – Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and songwriter born to a Palestinian father and American mother; April 12 – Gary Soto, Mexican-American poet and author
Judith Light is opening up about her decision to not have kids.. Speaking to PEOPLE about her role in the Apple TV+ supernatural drama Before, the actress, 75, commented on her relationship with ...
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 ...