From what I learned, Ortiz Cofer had a teaching career first. Her maternal Grandfather built homes, but also wrote poetry and would read it to her. Her maternal grandmother was a storyteller, and who could adapt any story to her audience. Both grandparents had the gift of imagination and a talent for expression. In spite of this ancestry, Ortiz Cofer had not considered writing poetry until she was nearly at the end of her graduate studies. In a 1997 interview with Stephanie Gordon for the Associated Writing Programs Chronicle, Ortiz Cofer told of how, when she was writing her thesis and "working with powerful words," she "started feeling a need that writing the thesis did not fulfill." She began to express these feelings by writing down ideas, which later became her first poems. Eventually, and on the advice of Betty Owens, her department chair, Ortiz Cofer began to submit her poems for publication. The New Mexico Humanities Review became one of the first professional journals to publish her work.
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Judith Ortiz Cofer was influenced by her upbringing in Puerto Rican immigrant communities, her experiences as a Latina woman, and the cultural richness and diversity of the Latin American diaspora. She was also inspired by authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Julia Alvarez.
Judith A. McManus has written: 'How to Write & Deliver Effctv 3rd ed'
Her three sons asked her for a dog but judith said no
116 poems
the TV influences dr.suess to write books
his father influenced him to write and compose music. :)
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she was always influenced by her mom, friends, and her other fam.
alot of work
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Judith Wright an Australian writer, wrote poetry and children's books. She wrote a series of acclaimed children's books which followed the birth of her daughter Meredith.
The Irish names Síle (Sheila) and Siobhán(Shivaun) are considered to be equivalents.