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A Judith Ortiz Cofer Reader
A carefully curated literary collection celebrating the literary legacy of Judith Ortiz Cofer, edited and contextualized by scholar Rafael Ocasio.
Writing Across Culture, Identity & Memory
Puerto Rico & Cultural Memory
Literature, place, memory and cultural traditions.
Cuban Literature
Writing and scholarship on Cuban literature and cultural politics.
Latinx Literature
Voices, identities and narratives across Latinx experience.
Literary Biography
Contextualizing writers, their lives and their cultural worlds.
About
Rafael Ocasio
RAFAEL OCASIO is emeritus Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott College. He is the author of Cuba's Political and Sexual Outlaw: Reinaldo Arenas; The Making of a Gay Activist; and The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum, coauthored with Sandro Barros and Angela L. Willis. He lives in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Selected Work
Writing and scholarship exploring literature, culture, identity and memory.
“Coverage recognizing the collection’s contribution to the literary and cultural legacy of Judith Ortiz Cofer.”
— South Atlantic Review
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