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\nFOR THEMAINLAND  \n&SELECTED NEW POEMS  \nDISCARDED BY  \nLAFAYETTE  \nPUBLIC LBRARY  \nBilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe  \nGeneral EditorGary D.Keller  \nManaging EditorKaren S.Van Hooft  \nAssociate Editors  \nAnn Waggoner AkenTheresa Hannon  \nAssistant EditorLinda St.George Thurston  \nEditorial Board  \nJuan GoytisoloFrancisco JiménezEduardo RiveraMario Vargas Llosa  \nAddress:Bilingual Press  \nHispanic Research CenterArizona State UniversityP.O.Box 872702  \nTempe,Arizona 85287-2702(602)965-3867  \nREACHING  \nFOR THEMAINLAND  \n&SELECTED NEW POEMS  \nJUDITH ORTIZ COFER  \nBilingual Press/Editorial BilingüeTEMPE,ARIZONA  \n◎ 1995 by Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe  \nAll nights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced in any mannerwithout permission in writing,except in the case of brief quotations embodied incritical articles and reviews.  \nISBN 0-927534-55-X  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nOrtiz Cofer,Judith,1952-  \nReaching for the mainland and selected new poems/by Judith OrtizCofer.  \np.cm.  \nISBN 0-927534-55-X(pbk.:alk.paper)  \n1.Puerto Rican women-Poetry.2.Puerto Ricans-Poetry.  \n3.Puerto Rico-Poetry.  1.Title.PS3565.R7737R431995811'.54-dc20  \n95.31050  \nCIP  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \nCover design by Bidlack Creative ServicesBack cover photo by John Cofer  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe author wishes to express her gratitude to the Florida Fine Arts Council,Division of Cultural Affairs,for a fellowship that allowed her to finish this book.  \nAcknowledgment is made to the following publications in which some of thepoems included in Reaching for the Mainland first appeared:  \nAffinities:\"Walking to Church,\"and “Grace Stands in Line for Saturday Con-fession,\"in Vol.3,No.1(1980);The Florida Arts Gazette:“Baptism at La Misión,\"in Vol.3,Issue 9(1980);Hispanics in the United States:An Anthology of CreativeLiterature,eds.Gary Keller and Francisco Jiménez(Ypsilanti,Ml:Bilingual Press,1980):“My Father in the Navy,\"and “En mis ojos no hay dias”;Kalliope:\"LessonOne:I Would Sing,\"in Vol.4,No.3(1982);Kansas Quarterly:“To My Brother,Lately Missed,\"and \"The Way My Mother Walked,\"in Vol.15,No.1(1983);TheLouisville Review:\"Housepainter,\"in No.12(1982);New Collage:“She Has Been aLong Time Dying,\"in Vol.14,No.2(1983);New Letters:“Room at the Empire,\"in Vol.50,No.1(1983).  \nAcknowledgments continue on page 77.  \nCONTENTS  \nReaching for the Mainland  \nThe Birthplace  \n2They Say3The Woman Who Was Left at the Altar5Housepainter6La tristeza7Moonlight Performance8On the Island I Have Seen9The Mule10The Man Who Lost His Handwriting11Woman Watching Sunset12Grace Stands in Line for Saturday Confession13What the Gypsy Said to Her Children14Pueblo Waking15Visiting La Abuela16The Gusano of Puerto Rico17The Fruit Vendor18The Source19Letter from a Caribbean Island20The Birthplace21The Crossing22Mother Dancing in the Dark23Crossings24My Father in the 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