If I could write this in fire / Michelle Cliff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cliff, Michelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Authors, Jamaican--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Jamaican.

Jamaican Americans--Biography.

Jamaican Americans.

Lesbian authors--Biography.

Lesbian authors.

Cliff, Michelle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experiences with the forces of colonialism and oppression: a light-skinned Creole, a lesbian, an immigrant in both England and the United States. In her celebrated novels and short stories, she has probed the intersection of prejudice and oppression with a rare and striking lyricism. In her first book-length collection of nonfiction, Cliff displays the same poetic intensity, interweaving reflections on her life in Jamaica, England, and the United States wi

Contents:

Contents; PREFACE: Journey into Speech; And What Would It Be Like; If I Could Write This in Fire, I Would Write This in Fire; Cross-Country: A Documentary in Ten Jump-Cuts; Sites of Memory; Lynchburg 2003; The Thing behind the Trees; In My Heart, a Darkness

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8166-6655-5

OCLC:

318223054