"I employ Trinidad Creole because I want to educate the English reader, whom I consider to be ignorant of the Caribbean."
- Sam Selvon, author of "Moses Ascending"
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Caribbean Authors
September 1 - October 31, 2003
"I employ Trinidad Creole because I want to educate the English reader, whom I consider to be ignorant of the Caribbean."
- Sam Selvon, author of "Moses Ascending"
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Members of the Caribbean Students Association (CSA) donated funds to purchase Caribbean literature for the Library collection. As varied and colorful as their garb, featured display authors are:
Derek Walcott : Jean Rhys : Jamaica Kinkaid : Sam Selvon: Dionne Brand : Kwame Dawes: Merle Hodge : Earl Lovelace : Robert Antoni : Jan Rogozinski : Paule Marshall : Nalo Hopkinson : Edwidge Danticat : Pauline Melville
"[These books reflect] tales related to lifetime experiences growing up and living in Trinidad, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Antigua, and other neighboring islands.These new library materials offer a unique glimpse into picturesque fictional, biographical, and historical diversity."
source: Evans Library newsletter, "Information Links"
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"Caribbean Authors" books on display include:
| Bob
Marley: Lyrical Genius |
Kwame
Dawes |
ML420.M3313
D38 2002 |
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| Mr.
Potter |
Jamaica
Kinkaid |
PR9275.A583
K56383 2002 |
| The
Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories |
edited
by Stewart Brown and John Wickham |
PN849.C3
094 2001 |
| Whispers
from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction |
edited
by Nalo Hopkinson |
PR9205.8 .W47 2000 |
| Skin
Folk |
Nalo
Hopkinson |
PR9199.3.H5927
S58 2001 |
| Crick
Crack, Monkey |
Merle
Hodge |
PR9272.9.H6
C7 2000 |
| The
Fisher King: A Novel |
Paule
Marshall |
PS3563.A7223
F57 2000 |
| A
Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the
Present |
Jan
Rogozinski |
F1621
.R72 1999 |
| The
Farming of Bones |
Edwidge
Danticat |
PS3554.A5815
F37 1998 |
| Salt:
A Novel |
Earl
Lovelace |
PR9272.9.L6
S25 1997 |
| The
Ventriloquist's Tale |
Pauline
Melville |
PR6063.E445
V46 1997 |
| Crossing
the River |
Caryl
Phillips |
PR9275.S263
P4728 1993 |
| Divina
Trace: A Novel |
Robert
Antoni |
PS3551.N77
D5 1992 |
| Omeros |
Derek
Walcott |
PR9272.9.W3
O44 1990 |
| The
Dragon Can't Dance |
Earl
Lovelace |
PR9272.9.L6
D7 1986 |
| Annie
John |
Jamaica
Kinkaid |
PR9275.A583
K5634 1985 |
| Moses
Ascending |
Sam
Selvon |
PR9272.9.S4
M614 1984 |
Some distinguished authors of the Caribbean are:
A supplemental brochure provides information on these and other Caribbean authors and their books.
Some Internet sites relating to Caribbean authors are:
Peepaltreepress - The Best in Caribbean Writing
Voice of the Shuttle - Web Page for Humanities Research
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This site is presented by the Florida Institute of Technology Evans Library Instructional Programs and Caribbean Students Association Advisor, Lillian Bickley, along with librarians Linda Khan and Tom McFarland.
