Description
Book SynopsisPerhaps the most salient feature of the stories collected here is their presentation of the multiplicity of voices of Caribbean women: Parable II, No Dust is Allowed in This House, of Nuns and Punishment, Reminds us of the accomplishments of Caribbean women and promise of their writing.
Trade ReviewUnique... a wonderful collection that will receive much attention. -- Barbara Christian * University of California, Berkeley *
The panorama of insights and visions is vast... the context of women's writings is a broadening link, connecting these writers with their counterparts in other cultures around the world. -- Gregory Rabassa
Provides wonderful insights into writing by women from the Caribbean. -- J. Michael Dash * The University of West Indies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgments
Tetiyette and the Devil / Anonymous
Little Cog-burt / Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Cotton Candy / Dora Alonso
See Me in Me Benz An T'ing: Like the Lady Who Lived on That Isle Remote / Hazel D. Campbell
They Called Her Aurora (A Passion for Donna Summer) / Aida Cartagena Portalatin
Columba / Michelle Cliff
A Pottage of Lentils / Marie-Therese Colimon-Hall
Three Women in Manhattan / Maryse Conde
Hair / Hilma Contreras
Piano-Bar / Liliane Devieux
Barred: Trinidad 1987 / Ramabai Espinet
The Poisoned Story / Rosario Ferre
Cocuyo Flower / Magali Garcia Ramis
How to Gather the Shadows of the Flowers / Angela Hernandez
Opera Station. Six in the Evening. For Months... / Jeanne Hyvrard
Girl / Jamaica Kincaid
No Dust Is Allowed in This House / Olga Nolla
Widow's Walk / Opal Palmer Adisa
Parable II / Velma Pollard
Red Flower / Paulette Poujol-Oriol
The Day They Burned the Books / Jean Rhys
Lola or the Song of Spring / Astrid Roemer
Brights Thursdays / Olive Senior
ADJ, Inc. / Ana Lydia Vega
Of Nuns and Punishments / Bea Vianen
Passport to Paradise / Myriam Warner-Vieyra
Of Natural Causes / Mirta Yanez
Selected Bibliography / Olga Torres-Seda
