The Latin Deli (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Judith Ortiz Cofer
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Essays, poetry, and short stories
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Culture, United States or Americans, Immigration or emigration, Stereotypes, Latinos, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans, Sales personnel
El Building, a forbidding monolith that dominates the corner of Straight and Market streets in Paterson, New Jersey, once housed middle-class Jews. They have fled from Puerto Rican incursions into their territory, leaving El Building a vertical barrio occupied almost totally by people from “The Island,” as the inhabitants refer to their former home. Having migrated to the United States during World War II and afterward, they have tried to establish in this cold, gray environment some semblance of the life they left behind, some replication of the sense of community they knew in...
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