About the Author

Judith Ortiz Cofer (Editor)
JUDITH ORTIZ COFER (1952-2016) was the Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing Emerita at the University of Georgia. She is also the author of The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer; and many other books. The University of Georgia Press published her first novel, The Line of the Sun, in 1989.

Marilyn Kallet (Editor)
MARILYN KALLETT has published sixteen books, including six volumes of poetry, translations, critical essays, children's books, pedagogy, and anthologies of women's literature. She is a professor emerita of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Reviews

"A terrific collection of essays that women writers should buy. This is a book of our time. . . . An excellent tool for our turn-of-the-century writing toolbox."--Frances Payne Adler

"Presents a wellspring of inspiration and encouragement for women who wrestle with satisfying their gift of word."--"ForeWord"

"Well-written . . . All the essays will be inspiring to both active and would-be artists."--"Booklist"

"What I find particulary satisfying about "Sleeping With One Eye Open" is the way the different women's voices and dialects and souls sing together in a powerful symphony of language. This anthology should be read by both women beginning to write as well as by those who are more established and want to feel connected to a larger community."--Sue William Silverman, author of "Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You", winner of AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction