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If I Could Write This in Fire
Michelle Cliff
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Description for If I Could Write This in Fire
Hardback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
A deeply personal meditation on history and memory, place and displacement by a major writer
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, ... Read moreA profound meditation on place and displacement, If I Could Write This in Fire explores the complexities of identity as they meet with race, gender, sexuality, nationality, and the legacies of the Middle Passage and European imperialism. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816654741
SKU
V9780816654741
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About Michelle Cliff
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Michelle Cliff has lectured at several universities and was Allan K. Smith Professor of English Language and Literature at Trinity College in Hartford. She is the author of the acclaimed novels Abeng, No Telephone to Heaven, and Free Enterprise, as well as two collections of short fiction, Bodies of Water and The Store of a Million ... Read more
Reviews for If I Could Write This in Fire
"Full of razors, blossoms, and clarity. The beauty and authority of Cliff’s writing is coupled with profound insight." —Toni Morrison "Cliff is rare, and is already distinguished as a writer of great substance and power." —Tillie Olson "Michelle Cliff has always been a fierce and fearless writer. In this incendiary collection, which ranges from engaging with the work of Lorca, ... Read more