<P> Ortiz Cofer's work can largely be classified as creative nonfiction . Her narrative self is strongly influenced by oral storytelling, which was inspired by her grandmother, an able storyteller in the tradition of teaching through storytelling among Puerto Rican women . Ortiz Cofer's autobiographical work often focuses on her attempts at negotiating her life between two cultures, American and Puerto Rican, and how this process informs her sensibilities as a writer . Her work also explores such subjects as racism and sexism in American culture, machismo and female empowerment in Puerto Rican culture, and the challenges diasporic immigrants face in a new culture . Among Ortiz Cofer's more well known essays are "The Story of My Body" and "The Myth of the Latin Woman," both reprinted in The Latin Deli . </P> <P> A central theme Ortiz Cofer returns to again and again in her writing is language and the power of words to create and shape identities and worlds . Growing up, Ortiz Cofer's home language was Spanish . In school, she encountered English, which became her functional language and the language she wrote in . Early in her life, Ortiz Cofer realized her "main weapon in life was communication," and to survive, she would have to become fluent in the language spoken where she lived . </P> <Ul> <Li> The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry (1993), U of Georgia Press, ISBN 978 - 0820315560 . Second edition: (2010), University of Georgia Press, ISBN 9780820336213 </Li> <Li> The Year of Our Revolution: New and Selected Stories and Poems (1998), Arte Publico Press, ISBN 1558852247 </Li> <Li> Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood (1990) </Li> <Li> American History (1993) </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry (1993), U of Georgia Press, ISBN 978 - 0820315560 . Second edition: (2010), University of Georgia Press, ISBN 9780820336213 </Li>

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