Judith Ortiz Cofer: Understanding A Writer
Judith Ortiz Cofer: Understanding a Writer
Judith OrtÃz Cofer was born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico in 1952. She was raised on the island and in Paterson, New Jersey, before her family finally settled in Augusta, Georgia. She received her B.A. in English from Augusta College in 1974, and her M.A. in English from Florida Atlantic University, and did graduate school at Oxford University in 1977 (Judith). Her collections of poetry include The Year of Our Revolution: New and Selected Stories and Poems (1998), winner of the Paterson Book Prize given by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College; The Latin Deli: Prose & Poetry (1993), winner of the Anisfield Wolf Book Award; Terms of Survival (1989), Reaching for the Mainland (1987), and Latin Women Pray (1980) (Judith).
Cofer is also the author of essays. Her young adult book, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (1996) has received The American Library Association Reforma Pura Belpre Medal and the Fanfare Best Book......
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