Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Born: February 24, 1952
Died: December 30, 2016 (aged 64)
Bio: Judith Ortiz Cofer was a Puerto Rican American author. Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction.
Known for:
- The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry (1993)
- Silent dancing (1990)
- Call Me Maria (2004)
- An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio (1995)
- The line of the sun (1989)