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Lorna Gaye Goodison CD (born 1 August 1947) [1] is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a leading West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature/Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, previously serving as the Lemuel A. Johnson Professor of English and African and Afroamerican Studies.
Cherry's poetry focuses on the everyday experiences of Jamaican life. [2] Louise Bennett-Coverley is among her influences. [3] Cherry has worked closely with Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison who said of her book the Lyrical Contortionist, "Cherry Natural's powerful new strong-woman anthems are guaranteed to strengthen and lift up the fallen.
It includes poets that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Jamaican women poets" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Douglas was born in the United Kingdom to Jamaican parents. Her family returned to Jamaica when Douglas was six, and she grew up in Kingston.. Douglas received an MFA in creative writing from Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University, where she studied African American/Caribbean literature and creative writing (fiction and poetry).
She presented her work throughout the world, including tours performing in the Caribbean (notably at Jamaica's Calabash International Literary Festival), [26] North America, Europe, South East Asia, and Africa, and was once described as a "one-woman festival". [27] In her later years she lived between Leicester in England and Jamaica. [28]
This is a list of Jamaican women writers, including women writers either from or associated with Jamaica ... (born 1982) E. Beverley East (born 1953) F
After meeting Oku Onuora in Cuba in 1978, she began working in dub poetry. [2] She released her first recording, Dub Poet: The Poetry of Lillian Allen, in 1983. [citation needed] Allen won the Juno Award for Best Reggae/Calypso Album for Revolutionary Tea Party in 1986 and Conditions Critical in 1988. [3]
The annual festival takes place each year at Jake's in Treasure Beach, Jamaica. [5] Calabash has become the festival of choice for some of the world's most gifted authors. 2005 launched The Calabash Chapbook Series, which, to date, includes six books of poems from workshop members. Of these, Ishion Hutchinson, was accepted into NYU's creative ...