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“lynne macedo”

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  • The Hook of Desire

    Slavery and David Dabydeen's 'Turner'

    by Lynne Macedo ...
    Since the poem was first published in 1994, it has been subject to a significant level of critical debate and discussion which continues to the present day. The aim of this book is to bring together a selection of the many articles that have engaged with the poem, and to show how they explore its relationship to the events depicted in the painting. Edited with an Introduction by Lynne Macedo, The ... Read more

    $4.89 USD

  • Pak's Britannica: Articles by and Interviews with David Dabydeen

    by Lynne Macedo ...
    This is Dabydeen's academic works which comprises a series of interviews. In it he tackles the controversial aspects of race, ethnicity and "belonging". ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen

    by Lynne Macedo ...
    This book has been divided into two sections, each of which contains articles whose focus is predominantly on one aspect of Dabydeen's writing - his poetry or his novels. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Like Diamonds From Dirt

    Essays and Interviews about David Dabydeen's Creative Writing

    Edited by Lynne Macedo ...
    It is now almost forty years since David Dabydeen published his first creative work - a collection of poetry entitled Slave Song (1984) - which won both the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and the Quiller-Couch Prize. Since then there have been two further collections of poetry: Coolie Odyssey (1988) and the long narrative poem Turner (1994), as well as seven novels. Dabydeen's first novel, The Intended ... Read more

    $4.89 USD

  • Reaching for the Stars

    The Life of Yesu Persaud, Volume Two

    by Yesu Persaud ...
    In Volume One of his memoirs, Dr Yesu Persaud wrote movingly about his family and their struggles both during and after the abolition of the indentureship system that had first brought them to what was then British Guiana. In Volume Two, he continues the story of his life from the mid-1970s, and provides a fascinating view of his business and professional life, as well as his philanthropy. ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

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  • Ariel's Ecology

    Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics

    by Monique Allewaert ...
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