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Martin Mordecai,Pamela Mordecai
Culture and Customs of Jamaica richly surveys the fuller wealth of the Caribbean nation, focusing on its people, history, religion, education, language, social customs, media and cinema, literature, music, and…
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Pamela Mordecai
Toronto writer Pamela Mordecai is a well-known voice in poetry of the Caribbean diaspora. She has long been a popular anthologist, a mentor to other writers, a frequent contributor to…
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Teased for her light skin and red hair during her childhood on St. Chris, Grace is puzzled about why she looks different from her family. As she comes into adulthood…
These subversive sonnets overhaul the traditional sonnet form to address a range of subjects, from the tenderness of love to the terror of rape, punishment, torture, and murder. Mordecai has…
de book of Mary is an epic poem in Jamaican Creole based on the Biblical story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. It covers Mary’s life from her early years, through…
Martin Mordecai
A lyrical yet unflinching examination of the ruinous intimacies sustained by and sustaining plantation slavery. Set around Jamaica’s Christmas Rebellion and framed around three characters who are free themselves, but…
A fearless collection by a trailblazing writer whose poems represent the people, culture, and topography of the Caribbean in multidimensional, complex ways (Tanya Shirley)
