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Unspecified home island
Robert
Antoni .. Himani
Bannerji .. Brenda
F. Barrian .. Bikhu
Parekh .. Marc
Wadsworth
** referenced by Daryl Cumber Dance:
Jan Carew, Denis
Williams**
The following were found at
www.africana.com
but home island was not indicated:
Jean Baptiste Philippe's
Free Mulatto (1824);
narratives by individuals - The History
of Mary Prince (1831), The Narrative of Ashton Warner (1831), The
History of Abu Bekr (1834), The Narrative of James Williams
(1838), and The Narrative of John Monteith (1853), Hamel the Obeah
Man (1827);
Mary Seacole's Wonderful Adventures of Mrs.
Seacole in Many Lands (1857);
Jean-Ch de Saint Avir's The
First Two Martyrs of Trinidad (1885);
Thomas MacDermot
(1870-1933, better known as Tom Redcan) published Beeka's Buckra
Baby (1903) and One Brown Girl And 1/4 (1909);
Rupert Gray: A
Tale of Black and White (1907) by Stephen Nathaniel Cobham;
Jane's Career (1913) by Herbert de Lisser (1878-1944);
Those
That Be in Bondage (1917) by A. R. F. Webber (1880-1932);
Black
Fauns (1935) by Alfred Mendes;
Corentyne Thunder (1941) and
Children of Kaywana (1952) by Edgar Mittleholzer;
Crown Jewel
(1952) by Ralph de Boissiere;
Orchid House (1953) by Phyllis
Allfrey;
Merle Hodge (Crick, Crack Monkey; 1970);
Glaseda
Honeyghan (Father Sleeps with the Mudpies, 1988);
Rosa Guy
(Bird at My Window; 1966);
Valerie Belgrave (Ti Marie; 1988);
Joan Riley (The Waiting Room; 1989);
Patricia Powell
Antigua
Jamaica
Kincaid aka Elaine Potter Richardson
.. JK(2)
.. JK(3)
.. JK(4)
.. Althea
Romeo-Mark .. Leon
Chaku Symister .. Althea
Trotman ..
Bahamas
Cheryl
Albury Marion
Bethel .. Christian
A. Campbell .. Tania
R. Dixon .. Aurora
Ferguson .. Helen
Klonaris .. Patrick
Rahming .. Carlton
Robinson .. Obediah
Michael Smith .. Telcine
Turner ..
Barbados
William
S. Arthur .. Curwen Best .. Edward
Kamau Brathwaite .. EKB(3)
.. EKB(4)
.. EKB(5)
.. EKB(6)
.. Jane
Bryce .. Frank
Collymore .. FC(2)
.. FC(3)
.. FC(4)
Austin Clarke
.. AC(2)
.. AC(3)
.. AC(4)
.. Geoffrey Drayton .. A.
N. Forde .. Cecil
Foster .. Michael Foster
.. Margaret Gill .. Horace
I. Goddard .. June
Henfrey .. Nailah
Folami Imoja .. Claire
Abena Ince .. Carl
Jackson .. Margaret
Knight .. George
Lamming .. GL(2)
.. GL(3)
.. GL(4)
.. GL(5)
.. GL(6)
.. Glenville Lovell
.. GLo(2)
.. Phelan Lowe .. Paule
Marshall .. PM(2)
Sandra E.
Morris .. Hazelle
Palmer .. Elaine
Savory .. ES(2)
.. ES(3)
.. Karl Sealy .. Dick
Anthony Stoute .. Andy Taitt ..
Rinaldo
Walcott .. Wilfred
Wood .. Cynthia
Wilson .. a list from Sandra Morris of the Barbados
Writer's Co-Operative - Elisheba, Sandie
King, Katy Gash, Deanne Kennedy, James Carmichael, Thunda, Linda
Deane, Robert Sandiford, Norma Meek, Zoanne Evans, Barbara Chase
Curacao
Dr.
Jay B. Haviser ..
Dominica
Lennox
Honychurch ... Giftus
John ... Jean
Rhys .. JR(1)
.. JR(2)
.. JR(3)
.. Mark
Sylvester
Dominican Republic
Pedro
Mir .. Hilton A. Vaughan
..
Grenada
Phyllis
Briggs-Emanuel .. Ricardo
Keens-Douglas .. Philip
Peters .. Jacob
Ross .. JR(2)
.. JF(2)
.. Sir
Paul Scoon ..
Guadeloupe
Saint-John
Persé nom-de-plume of Marie Rene Auguste Alexis
Saint-Leger
Maryse
Condé, Ernest Pépin, Hector Poullet,
Sylviane Telchid, Gisele Pineau, Maryse Romanos, Jude Sahai,
Ernest Moutoussamy, Jocelyne Sene, Henri Bangou ..MC(2)
.. Jocelyn
Valverde
Guyana
CGuyana.com
Authors .. John
Agard .. JA(2)
.. Richard Allsopp
.. Joel
Benjamin .. Frank
Birbalsingh .. Dr.
Dale Bisnauth .. Dennis
Craig .. David
Dabydeen .. DD(2)
.. Kevin
Grant re:David Dabydeen .. Cyril
Dabydeen .. CD(2)
.. Mahadai
Das .. MD(2)
.. Norma
De Haarte .. David
Campbell .. Sharon
Maas .. Martin
Carter .. MC(2)
.. MC(3) ..
MC(4) .. MC(4)
.. Beryl
Gilroy .. BG(3)
.. Denise
Harris .. Maggie Harris .. Wilson
Harris .. WH(2)
.. WH(3)
.. WH(4)
.. Abdur-Rahman
Slade Hopkinson .. Arnold
Harrichand Itwaru .. Janet
Jagan .. Meiling
Jin .. Laxmi
Kallicharan .. Oonya
Kempadoo .. Moses
Nagamootoo .. Kumar
Mahabir .. Basdeo
Mangru .. Marc
Matthews .. MM(2)
.. Wordsworth A. McAndrew
.. Ian
McDonald .. IM(2)
.. IM(3)
.. Mark McWatt .. IM(4)
.. Pauline
Melville .. PM(2)
.. Grace Nichols
.. GN(2) .. Sasenarine
Persaud .. SP(2)
.. SP(3)
.. Rupert
Roopnaraine .. Lloyd
Searwar .. Clem
Seecharan .. Narmala
Shewcharan .. A. J.
Seymour .. AJS(2)
.. Jan
Shinebourne .. Jagdish
Rai Singh .. JRS(2)
.. Eric
Walrond .. N.
D. Williams .. Charlotte
Williams .. CW(2)
.. Shana Yardan ..
Matthew
French Young
Haiti
Jacques
Stephen Alexis .. Dany
Laferriére .. Edwidge
Danticat .. ED(2)
.. ED(3)
.. Danielle
Legros Georges ..
Jamaica
Opal
Palmer Adisa .. OPA(2)
.. OPA(3)
.. OPA(4)
.. Lillian
Allen .. Edward Baugh
.. EB(2) .. Vera
Bell .. Louise
Bennet .. LB(2)
.. LB(2) .. James
Berry .. JB(2)
.. JB(2) .. Valerie
Bloom .. Carolita
BLYTHE .. Erna
Brodber .. EB(2)
.. EB(3)
.. George Campbell ..
Hazel
D. Campbell .. HDC(2)
.. Hugh Doston Carberry
.. Margaret
Cezair-Thompson .. Michelle
Cliff .. MC(2)
.. Sara
Collins .. Afua
Cooper .. AC(2)
.. Christine Craig ..
Kwame
Dawes .. KD(2)
.. KD(3)
Bernadette Gabay
Dyer .. BGD(2)
BGD(3)
Marcia
Douglas .. Garfield
Ellis .. Gloria
Escoffery .. GE(2)
.. GE(4)
.. Barbara Ferland ..
Esther
Figueroa .. John Figueroa
.. JF(2)
.. JF(2)
.. Honor
Ford-Smith .. Gillian
Foster .. Avis
Glaze .. Lorna Goodison
.. LG(2)
.. LG(3)
.. LG(3)
.. LG(4)
.. LG(5)
.. Jean
Goulbourne .. JG(3)
.. Vjange
Hazle . . John Hearne (English) ..
A. L. Hendriks .. Nalo
Hopkinson .. NH(2)
.. Jacqueline
Johnson .. D.N.
Wong Ken .. Roger
Mais .. RM(2)
.. RM(3)
.. RM(3)
.. Rachel
Manley .. RM(2)
.. Delores
McAnuff-Gauntlett .. Basil
McFarlane .. Claude McKay
.. CM(2)
CM(3)
.. Alecia
McKenzie .. Mark
McMorris .. MM(2)
.. MM(3)
.. MM(4)
.. Brian
Meeks .. BM(2)
.. Anthony
McNeill .. AM(2)
.. Masani
Montague .. Pamela
Mordecai .. PM(2)
.. PM(3) ..
PM(4) .. PM(5)
.. PM(6)
.. Mervyn Morris .. MM(2)
.. Orlando Patterson
.. Annie
Paul .. Geoffrey
Philp .. GP(2)
.. Claudia
Rankine .. Vic
Reid .. VR(2)
.. Heather Royes .. David
Rudder .. Andrew
Salkey .. AS(2)
.. Dennis Scott
.. DS(2) .. DS(3)
.. DS(4)
.. Olive
Senior .. OS(2)
.. OS(3)
.. Verene
Shepherd .. P. M.
Sherlock .. Makeda
Silvera .. MS(2)
.. MS(3)
.. Horane Smith
.. Michael G. Smith ..
MGS(2)
.. Michael Thelwell
.. MT(1) ..
Ralph
Thompson .. Vivian Virtue
.. Orlando Wong .. Sylvia
Wynter .. SW(2)
..
Martinique
Aimé
Césaire .. Patrick
Chamoiseau .. Franz
Fanon .. Edouard
Glissant ..
Montserrat
Howard
Fergus .. E.
A. "Archie" Markham .. EAM(2)
.. EAM(3) .. EAM(4)
.. Matthew Phipps Shiel
[born Shiell]
St. Lucia
McDonald
Dixon .. Kendel Hippolyte
.. KH(2)
.. Jane King
.. John Robert Lee ..
Garth
St. Omer .. Derek
Walcott .. DW(1)
.. DW(2)
.. DW(3) .. and from a
strong Derek Walcott fan, Judith Corea, DW(4)
DW(5)
..
St. Kitts
Simon
Jones-Hendrickson .. Caryl
Phillips .. CP(2)
.. CP(2)
St. Martin
Fabian
Adekunle Badejo .. Ruby
Bute .. .. Ras
Changa .. Esther
Gumbs .. Charles
Borromeo Hodge .. Deborah
Drisana Jack .. Daniella
Jeffry .. Joseph
H. Lake, Jr. .. Louie
Laveist .. Lasana
Sekou .. Ian
Valz .. Gerard
Van Veen .. Ingrid
Zagers
St. Vincent
and The Grenadines
Edgar
Adams .. E.
A. Baisden .. Owen
Campbell .. Richard
Morris Dey .. RMD(2)
.. Ebenezer Duncan .. Horatio
Nelson Huggins' Hiroona (1885? - publ 1937) .. Cameron
O'Neil King .. Ellsworth
"Shake" Keane .. ESK(2)
.. E. McG. Keane [ESK(3)]
.. Pat Mitchell
.. Ben
S. Robertson .. George
Thomas .. H.
Nigel Thomas .. Basil
Warner .. Daniel Williams
Trinidad & Tobago
André
Alexis .. Vanessa
Alleyne .. Michael
Anthony .. MA(2)
.. Kevyn
Alan Arthur .. Lynette
Atwell .. Neil
Bissoondath .. NB(2)
.. NB(3)
.. Dionne Brand
.. DB(2) .. DB(3)
.. DB(4)
.. Dr.
Stewart Brown (re:Martin Carter) .. Wayne
Brown .. WB(2)
.. Faustin Charles
.. Willi
Chen .. WC(2)
.. WC(2)
.. Lynette
Comissiong .. Ramabai
Espinet .. Brenda
Flanagan .. Anson
Gonzales .. Cecil Gray
.. CG(2)
.. Claire
Harris .. Cecil Herbert
.. Clyde
Hosein .. C.L.R.
James .. CLRJ(2)
.. CLRJ(3)
.. CLRJ(4)
.. Cynthia
James .. CJ(2)
.. Kieth
Jardim .. Ismith
Khan .. IK(2)
.. IK(3)
.. Roi
Kwabena .. RK(1)
.. RK(2)
.. RK(3)
RK(4)
RK(5)
John
Gaffar La Guerre .. Anu
Lakhan .. Earl
Lovelace .. EL(2)
.. EL(3)
.. EL(4)
.. John Lyons
.. Kumar
Mahabir .. Bhadase
S. Maharaj .. Niala
Maharaj .. Lelawattee
Manoo-Rahming .. LM-R(2)
.. Paloma Mohamed
.. Marina
Ama Omowale Maxwell .. MAOM(2)
.. Dirk
McClean .. Roger McTair
.. RM(2)
.. Judy Miles .. Sharlow
Mohammed .. Simon
Moses .. SM(1)
.. SM(2)
.. Dennison
Moore .. Seepersad
Naipaul .. SN(2)
.. V. S. Naipaul
.. VSN(2)
.. VSN(3)
.. VSN(4)
.. VSN(5)
.. Paula
Obé .. Kenneth
Vidia Parmasad .. D.
Parsuram Maharaj .. Dawad
Philip .. Marlene
Nourbese Philip .. MNP(2)
.. Maxwell
Philip .. Velma
Pollard .. Georgia
Popplewell .. Lakshmi
Persaud .. LP(2)
.. Victor Questel ..
Maharaj
Rabindrinath .. Jennifer
Rahim .. JR(2)
.. Barnabas J. Ramon-Fortune
.. BJR(2)
.. Judy
Raymond .. Eric M. Roach
.. Itah
Sadhu .. Lawrence
Scott .. LS(2)
.. Samuel
Selvon .. SS(2)
.. SS(3)
.. Samaroo
Siewah .. Neil
A. Sookdeo .. John
Stewart .. Harold
Telemaque .. Trevor
Sudama .. Jeremy
Taylor .. JT(2)
.. Eric Williams
and some more on T
& T Authors from Alana Ochoa Trafford
Virgin Islands (BVI &
USVI)
Nicole
Frances Arguin .. Patricia
Margaret Nelthropp Fagan .. Jennie
N. Wheatley ..
Canada
Ken
Alexander .. Margaret
Atwood .. Diana
Braithwaite .. Carol
Camper .. George
Eliott Clarke .. Bachna
Gilmore ..
United States of America
**
Daryl Cumber Dance **
.. DCD(2)
.. Alma
Guillermoprieto trans. Esther Allen ..
Indian sub-continent
Syed
Manzurul Islam .. Lino
Leito .. Mirza
Sheikh I'tesamuddin .. Rohinton
Mistry .. E.
Franklin Frazier
Belize
Raymond
Barrow .. Zee
Edgell .. ZE(2)
.. The
Women of Orange Walk District, Belize
Other
Dave
Lichtenstein's Website on Caribbean Literature at
Brown University
Postcolonial
Studies at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA
www.ccsedu.com/coral/collection/
A
recommended reading list from Russ' Bequia, St.
Vincent and The Grenadines
Don
Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography English language
non-fiction of the West Indies Lynn
DeWeese-Parkinson's Rare Caribbean Books
Macmillan
Caribbean, a publishing division of Macmillan
Heinemann ELT, - specialize in the publication of books for and
about the Caribbean in all subjects and at all levels; from infant
to tertiary education and a wide wide range of titles of general
interest.
West
Indies Publishing St. Johns's, Antigua
Chakra
Publishing House is a member of The Caribbean
Publishers Network (CAPNET) . . House
of Nehesi Publishing Philipsburg, St. Martin
The
Caribbean Review of Books 6 Prospect Ave., Marval,
Port of Spain, Trinidad
The
Majority Press Dover, MA, USA
Caribbean
Literature at www.eng.fju.edu.tw Tiawan
Liège
Language & Literature Liège University, Belgium
Journal of Caribbean
Literatures Dr. Maurice A. Lee, Editor - University
of Central Arkansas
Bequia
Whaling a selected bibliography
Michael
Paiewonsky's MAPes MONDe Ltd a Caribbean art and
history source
Richard
Morris Dey"s referenced works in "Writing
on the Sea"
Identity
and Caribbean Literature, A lecture delivered to the
Japanese Black Studies Association at Nara Women's College, Nara,
Japan. By Selwyn R. Cudjoe
www.poemhunter.com
Wadabagei
A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora
West Indian Poetry
New Edition - an Anthology for schools by Kenneth Ramchand &
Cecil Gray published (eighth impression 1999) by Pearson Education
Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England.
Copyright Longman Group UK Limited 1989 ISBN 0 582 76637 0. - All
the poems set for the CXC English B examination up to 1992 are
included in the book. -- Kenneth Ramchand is Professor of West
Indian Literature at the University of the West Indies. Cecil
Gray, former teacher, Senior Lecturer in Education and Director of
a Diploma in Education Programme at the University of the West
Indies, is well known for his wide experience of writing both
textbooks and poetry.
BARBADOS
- BIM RIDDIMS: Online Anthology of VOICES: Barbados
Writers Collective - Premier literary online bi-annual featuring
the very best of Barbadian (and soon!) Caribbean writing. Linked
to Official website, VOICES: Barbados Writers Collective ONLINE
http://anexa.com/voicesbarbadoswriterscollective.
Pam
Mordecai's www.lexsysbooks.com Toronto, Canada
An excellent source for many of the books related to
St. Vincent in particular, and many others, is at R. & M.
Adams Book Centre at the Kingstown Cruise Terminal, P.O. Box 707,
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Telephone:(784)457-5174
fax:(784)485-6945, email: adamsbooks@vincysurf.com
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For those with an interest in French language
poetry, you can find good sources through the website at Poesie
du Monde including a few from the Caribbean.
New Journal of Caribbean Arts and
Letters!
CALABASH:
A Journal of Caribbean Arts and Letters, is a
bi-annual international literary journal based at New York
University dedicated to publishing works encompassing, but not
limited to, the Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanophone, and
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these communities in dialogue among themselves, as well as with
their migrant, immigrant, and expatriate counterparts. The Journal
provides coverage of critical engagements by and among scholars
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CALABASH invites submissions in fiction, poetry,
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Hi Russ:
Mahadai Das is from Guyana, Hazel Campbell from
Jamaica and Daryl Dance is Afro-American, resident in the US. All
great people.
This is Pam Mordecai, jus up de
road in Toronto, delighted to see your page and wanting to let you
know that CERTIFIABLE, my new collection of
poetry, is just out from Goose Lane Editions.
Also that I will be reading at the International Festival of
Authors this October (IFOA 2001), date as yet unspecified. Do come
if you can.
In addition, our press, Sandberry Press,
published Edward Baugh's new collection of poetry, IT WAS
THE SINGING, in 2000. Eddie read from it at IFOA 2000 and
was a huge hit.
Glad to hear back from you anytime at
mm@lexsysbooks.com
from which Eddie's books and many others on our website
www.lexsysbooks.com
are available.
TimBuktu Subject: A new
journal TimBuktu
Received: Fri 09/04/2004 4:29 AM
Dear Sir,
I am a writer and artist living in
Wales. I have just started a journal called TimBuktu. I need your
help to contact people of colour who might like to contribute. I
am the daughter of the late Denis Williams mentioned on your site.
Please can you help me? I have included our submission guidelines
for you to look at. I hope you can be of assistance.
best
isabel adonis.
TIMBUKTU General
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