Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia EncyclopediaUnited States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Cofer, Judith Ortiz2002/2006Judith Ortiz Cofer describes how poetry works on the physical level as well as the intellectual level.Video recording of Georgia author Judith Ortiz Cofer discussing the physical effects of poetry. She sits in front of a bookshelf and faces forward. She describes how poetry works on the physical level as well as the intellectual level. Cofer contends that poetry should "make your heart beat faster or give you goosebumps or at least make you say 'yes.'"video/mp4http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/Arts--GeorgiaCultureJudith Ortiz Cofer: The Physical Effects of PoetryMovingImage