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I was born a white girl in Puerto Rico but became a brown girl when I came to live in the United States.

— Judith Ortiz Cofer

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Poetry teaches us how to deal with the economy of language, the concentration of language, the cautious use of metaphor.

Interview (2000)

That's the problem with categories. Once you're labeled, you have a hard time breaking out.

Interview (2000)

You can call me anything you want, but don't keep me from doing anything I want.

Interview (2000)

I would say that poetry is my first discipline.

Interview (2000)

I don't mind categories, but these publications are keeping me from being seen as I really am, which is a student of world literature and interested in many countries.

Interview (2000)

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