Through her beautifully lyrical writing, Judith Ortiz Cofer tells us of the women's lives that entangled with hers in El Building in Paterson, New Jersey. A community transplanted from what they now view as an island paradise, these Puerto Rican families yearn for the colors and tastes of their former home. As they carve out lives as Americans, their days are filled with drama, success, and sometimes tragedy. A widow becomes crazy after her son is killed in Vietnam, her remaining word "nada." Another woman carries on after the death of her husband, keeping their store, filled with plantain, Bustello coffee, jamon y queso, open as a refuge for her neighbors. And there are Cofer's stories of growing up with a dictatorial and straying father, a caring mother, and a love for language that will lead to a career as a teacher and writer.

The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women

Biographies & Memoirs

Ortiz Cofer, Judith

Community & Culture

W.W.Norton&Company

From the award-winning author of AN ISLAND LIKE YOU, winner of the Pura Belpre Award Maria is a girl caught between two worlds: Puerto Rico, where she was born, and New York, where she now lives in a basement apartment in the barrio. While her mother remains on the island, Maria lives with her father, the super of their building. As she struggles to lose her island accent, Maria does her best to find her place within the unfamiliar culture of the barrio. Finally, with the Spanglish of the barrio people ringing in her ears, she finds the poet within herself. In lush prose and spare, evocative poetry, Cofer weaves a powerful novel, bursting with life and hope.

First Person Fiction: Call Me Maria

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

Orchard

A new novel from the award-winning author of AN ISLAND LIKE YOU, winner of the Pura Belpre Award. Maria is a girl caught between two worlds: Puerto Rico, where she was born, and New York, where she now lives in a basement apartment in the barrio. While her mother remains on the island, Maria lives with her father, the super of their building. As she struggles to lose her island accent, Maria does her best to find her place within the unfamiliar culture of the barrio. Finally, with the Spanglish of the barrio people ringing in her ears, she finds the poet within herself. In lush prose and spare, evocative poetry, Cofer weaves a powerful novel, bursting with life and hope.

Scholastic Paperbacks

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Pura Belpré award-winning collection of short stories about life in the barrio! Rita is exiled to Puerto Rico for a summer with her grandparents after her parents catch her with a boy. Luis sits atop a six-foot mountain of hubcaps in his father's junkyard, working off a sentence for breaking and entering. Sandra tries to reconcile her looks to the conventional Latino notion of beauty. And Arturo, different from his macho classmates, fantasizes about escaping his community. They are the teenagers of the barrio -- and this is their world.

An Island Like You

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Orchard Books

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.

Una Isla Como Tu (Island Like You) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Spanish Edition)

Turtleback Books

Peregrina (Poets of the Foothills Art Center)

Riverstone Press

Escalas los siete pisos hasta el oasis de la azotea, donde puedes pensar al ritmo de tu propia banda. Notas discordantes suben con el tráfico de las cinco, se suavizan con un bolero al ocaso. En compañía de las palomas observas a la gente allá abajo, que fluye, en corriente, cada uno está solo en medio de la multitud, cada uno es una isla como tú.

Una isla como tú, historias del barrio : para mi familia aquí y en la isla (Spanish Edition)

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The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women

First Person Fiction: Call Me Maria

First Person Fiction: Call Me Maria

An Island Like You

Una Isla Como Tu (Island Like You) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Spanish Edition)

Peregrina (Poets of the Foothills Art Center)

Una isla como tú, historias del barrio : para mi familia aquí y en la isla (Spanish Edition)