How Much More Can We Take?
Austin Clarke, More (New York: Amistad, 2010); 300 pages; ISBN 978-0887623530 (paper).
Austin Clarke, More (New York: Amistad, 2010); 300 pages; ISBN 978-0887623530 (paper).
Re-Directing the Notion of Creolization
Michaeline A. Crichlow, Globalization and the Post-Creole Imagination: Notes on Fleeing the Plantation (Durham: Duke University Press, 2009); 305 pages; ISBN 978-0-8223-4441-4 (paper).
Michaeline A. Crichlow, Globalization and the Post-Creole Imagination: Notes on Fleeing the Plantation (Durham: Duke University Press, 2009); 305 pages; ISBN 978-0-8223-4441-4 (paper).
When Noir Meets Noir
Edwidge Danticat, ed., Haiti Noir (New York: Akashic, 2011), 300 pages, ISBN 978-1936070657 (paper).
Edwidge Danticat, ed., Haiti Noir (New York: Akashic, 2011), 300 pages, ISBN 978-1936070657 (paper).
“Could we have not done much better?” Essays on Post-Earthquake Haiti
Martin Munro, ed., Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 2010), 200 pages, ISBN 978-9766402488 (paper).
Martin Munro, ed., Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 2010), 200 pages, ISBN 978-9766402488 (paper).
The Djombi and the Wormhole: A Review of Karen Lord’s Redemption in Indigo
Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo (Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2010); 224pp; ISBN 978-1931520669 (paper).
Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo (Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2010); 224pp; ISBN 978-1931520669 (paper).
Zong! The Transformation of Language into Sacred Space
M. NourbeSe Philip, Zong! (Toronto: Mercury, 2008), 211 pages, ISBN 13-9781551281360 (paper).
M. NourbeSe Philip, Zong! (Toronto: Mercury, 2008), 211 pages, ISBN 13-9781551281360 (paper).
“Papa had to die to set us free…”
Patricia Powell, The Fullness of Everything (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 2009), 240 pages, ISBN 10-1845231139 (paper).
Patricia Powell, The Fullness of Everything (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 2009), 240 pages, ISBN 10-1845231139 (paper).
How Far Does the Fruit Fall From the Tree?
Amanda Smyth, Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange (New York, Three Rivers Press, 2009) 273pp, ISBN-978-0-307-46064-6 (paperback)1
Amanda Smyth, Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange (New York, Three Rivers Press, 2009) 273pp, ISBN-978-0-307-46064-6 (paperback)1
The Great (Dominican) American Novel
Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (New York: Riverhead Books, 2007), 335 pages, ISBN 978-1594483295 (paper).
Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (New York: Riverhead Books, 2007), 335 pages, ISBN 978-1594483295 (paper).
Towards the Highest Region: Bob Marley’s Liberation Music
These comments were given at the Bob Marley Symposium, during the launch of Review 81 – “Bob Marley and His Legacy” at the Americas Society in New York on 18 November 2010. Portions of this address also appear in the writer’s introduction to the academic section of the issue (permission credit below).
These comments were given at the Bob Marley Symposium, during the launch of Review 81 – “Bob Marley and His Legacy” at the Americas Society in New York on 18 November 2010. Portions of this address also appear in the writer’s introduction to the academic section of the issue (permission credit below).