First Love By Judith Ortiz Cofer

Judith: A Remarkable Heroine is the first half of Robin Gallaher Branch's article discussing Judith, the heroine of the book bearing her name.

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Ortiz was named to his first All-Star Game in 2004 and won his first Silver Slugger Award that year as well, finishing with 41 homers, 139 RBI and a .301 batting average.

An iconic figure in two nations -- Red Sox Nation and the Dominican Republic -- Ortiz was formally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. This, on the strength of a 20-year career that included 541 home runs.

Late in Judith Ortiz Cofer's tender/tough 2003 novel "The Meaning of Consuelo," the narrator, a girl coming of age in 1950s Puerto Rico, takes a false step toward womanhood: "Why was (he) angry with ...

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Over his first four seasons in the minors, Ortiz hit .286 with 205 runs, 33 home runs, 177 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases over 1,219 at-bats. His bat has improved at AAA (.327/88/13/72/17 over 453 at-bats) ...

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Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Simon Vouet, (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) Caravaggio 's Judith Beheading Holofernes Judith and Holophernes, by Michelangelo, (Sistine Chapel, Vatican City) The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East Old Testament of the Bible. It is excluded from the ...