Lorna Goodison
Forfatter af From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island
Om forfatteren
Lorna Goodison is Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Centre for African American Studies at the University of Michigan.
Værker af Lorna Goodison
Associated Works
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Bidragyder — 159 eksemplarer
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer
Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World (Poets in the World) (2014) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1947
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Jamaica
- Bopæl
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Jamaica - Uddannelse
- Jamaica School of Art
Art Students League of New York - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Musgrave Gold Medal (1999)
Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Americas Region (1986)
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- Værker
- 19
- Also by
- 11
- Medlemmer
- 293
- Popularitet
- #79,900
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 6
- ISBN
- 45
- Sprog
- 2
- Udvalgt
- 2
I think this is the first book I have ever read by a Caribbean author, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I loved the fact that these stories paint such a vivid picture of life in Jamaica, from the weather to the food to the patterns of speech. Several of the stories are written in dialect, and the characters' speech patterns vary depending on their level of education. While some of the phrases and spellings were unfamiliar to me, I really felt immersed in the world of these stories. Goodison is also a beautiful writer; she has a talent for conveying a lot of information without ever explicitly saying it. I found the endings of the stories especially impressive because they provide just enough closure without tying everything up too neatly. As with most short story collections, some were better than others, but I can't think of any that I really disliked. (My favorites are the ones I mentioned in the first paragraph.) I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in Jamaican or Caribbean literature!… (mere)