Cofer, Judith Ortiz
COFER, Judith Ortiz
COFER, Judith Ortiz. Puerto Rican, b. 1952. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Autobiography/Memoirs, Young adult fiction, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Professor of English. Publications: Reaching for the Mainland (poetry), 1984; Peregrina, 1986; Terms of Survival: Poems, 1987; The Line of the Sun: A Novel, 1989; Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, 1990; The Latin Deli (prose & poetry), 1993; An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, 1995. Address: PO Box 2599, Athens, GA 30612, U.S.A.
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DIED: 1915, off the island of Scyros, Greece
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GENRE: Poetry
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