Bernice Zamora

Bernice B. Ortiz Zamora (born 1938) is a Chicana poet, "one of the preeminent poets to emerge from the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s".^[1][2] She received a B.A. from Southern Colorado State College and, in 1986, her Ph.D. from Stanford University. Her first collection of poetry, Restless Serpents, was jointly published in 1979 with José Antonio Burciaga.^[3] She has taught at Santa Clara University since 1990.

Works

• Restless Serpents (1979)
• Releasing Serpents (1994)
• Bellow (1997)
• Recalling Richard (1997)
• "Contraries" (1998)
• "Glint" (1998)
• "Silence at Bay," in Máscaras (1997)

References

1. Ruiz, Vicki L.; Sanchez Korroll, Virginia, eds. (2006), "Zamora, Bernice B. Ortiz (1938-)", Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Indiana University Press, pp. 818–819, ISBN 978-0-253-34680-3
2. Cheuse, Alan (October 11, 1981). "The Voice of the Chicano". The New York Times.
3. "Voices from the Gaps: Bernice Zamora". University of Minnesota. Retrieved June 16, 2012.

External links

• Works by or about Bernice Zamora in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Bernice Zamora at the University of Minnesota
• Juanita Luna Lawhn, Bernice Zamora - Instructors' Guide