Reviews
"Cofer's poems 'make language from pure need.' Here she provides a kind of informal memoir through anecdote, nuanced detail, extended metaphor, and finally meditations on the function of language itself in forming identity. A Love Story Beginning in Spanish is the work of a mature poet, further evidence of her skill as a writer."
—Hilda Raz, author of Divine Honors and Trans
Description
Judith Ortiz Cofer’s third volume of poetry collects thirty-four poems written over the course of many years. In places as stark as a New Jersey barrio or fabled as the island home of Penelope and Odysseus, the people in these poems sometimes resist, sometimes reconcile, multiple cultures, tongues, and traditions as they navigate over ever-changing landscapes.
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Paper List price: $16.95 978-0-8203-2742-6 04/25/2005 |
Judith Ortiz Cofer is The Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia.
