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Lovingly referred to as "JOC" by the Augusta University Archive Team, Judith Ortiz Cofer was an influential Puerto Rican writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
She was born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico on February 24th, and immigrated to the United States in She spent her adolescent years in Patterson, New Jersey before moving to Augusta, Georgia in Her final two years of primary schooling were completed at Butler High School.
She then attended Augusta College, now known as Augusta University, where she earned her B.A. in English Literature. She went on to receive her M.A. in English Literature from Florida Atlantic University in Cofer's critically acclaimed works includeThe Latin Deli, Silent Dancing, the short story collectio