Peach pit corazón : a Judith Ortiz Cofer reader / edited by Rafael Ocasio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016, Author.

Contributor:

Ocasio, Rafael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016--Criticism and interpretation.

Cofer, Judith Ortiz.

American literature--Puerto Rican authors.

American literature.

Physical Description:

246 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952-2016), a prominent Latina writer, was, among various recognitions, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her 1989 first novel, The Line of the Sun); awarded the coveted O. Henry Prize for her short story "The Latin Deli" in 1994; and inducted into the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame in 2010. Beginning her literary career as a poet, Ortiz Cofer was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, and creative nonfiction essays, often inspired by her diverse cultural background. She was born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, as a child in the mid-1950s. In Paterson, she witnessed the rise of a Puerto Rican community. During her early teenage years, her family left for Augusta, Georgia, the state where she put down roots. She joined the English Department at the University of Georgia in 1984, eventually being named the Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing, before retiring from teaching in 2014. Her work often engaged with the intersections of the various geographies, cultures, and languages of the places she called home throughout her life. Rafael Ocasio's critical introduction and commentary on representative literary pieces are guided by interviews conducted during his twenty-seven-year friendship with Ortiz Cofer. One common subject of their conversations, as they joked, was labeling themselves as "Georgia-Ricans." From a temporal hindsight point of view, as a Georgia-Rican writer, Ortiz Cofer recalls events that led to her rise as a Latina writer who was celebratory of a Latinx identity, a multiethnic community that comprised a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, while also being critical of their traditional binary concepts pertaining to gender and sexual orientations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "The infinite variety of the Puerto Rican Experience" : Judith Ortiz Cofer within the development of Latino, Latina, and Latinx literatures / [Rafael Ocasio]

A deeply felt añoranza : a remembrance of La Isla through Puerto Rican culture / [Rafael Ocasio]

More room

Talking to the dead

The Black virgin

The aging María : on the value of talismans and amulets

Primary lessons

¿La Verdad? Notes on the writing of silent dancing, a partial remembrance of a Puerto Rican childhood (a memoir in prose and poetry)

"In the midst of the Puerto Rican barrio : a facsimile of the island" / [Rafael Ocasio]

Silent dancing

Nada

Corazón's Café

American history

My Rosetta

Boricua women and Latinas: facing gendered categorization and stereotypes / [Rafael Ocasio]

Las muchachas

The year of our revolution

American beauty

In search of my mentors' gardens : Alice Walker on Flannery O'Connor

Taking the macho

A brief account of the adventures of my appropriated kinsman, Juan Ortiz, Indian captive, soldier, and guide to General Hernando de Soto

My word hunger

Out of the darkness : writing to survive La Lucha

The myth of the Latin woman : I just met a girl named María

The sign

Revamped Puerto Rican fables as repositories of cultural legacy / [Rafael Ocasio]

Casa : a partial remembrance of a Puerto Rican childhood

Tales told under the mango tree

The woman who slept with one eye open : notes on being a writer

Marina

The witch's husband

La jurga : a Puerto Rican folktale

Aunty Misery

Cenizosa

The parrot who loved chorizo

A cockroach named Martina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780820374109

0820374105

9780820374116

0820374113

OCLC:

1528593722

Publisher Number:

CIPO000304506