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Lorna Goodison is Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Centre for African American Studies at the University of Michigan.

Obras de Lorna Goodison

By Love Possessed: Stories (2011) 39 cópias
Selected Poems (1992) 23 cópias
To Us, All Flowers Are Roses (1995) 17 cópias
Travelling Mercies (2001) 16 cópias
I Am Becoming My Mother (1986) 13 cópias
Turn Thanks: Poems (1999) 12 cópias
Supplying Salt and Light (2013) 10 cópias
Controlling the Silver (2004) 9 cópias
Heartsease (1988) 8 cópias
Oracabessa (2013) 5 cópias
Collected poems. (2017) 5 cópias

Associated Works

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contribuinte — 170 cópias
The Virago Book of Wicked Verse (1992) — Contribuinte — 82 cópias
Jamaica Woman An Anthology of Poems (1982) — Contribuinte — 17 cópias
Masters of British Literature, Volume B (2007) — Contribuinte — 16 cópias
Wheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry (1998) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
Out of Bounds: British, Black, and Asian Poets (2012) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
Bittersweet (1998) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
Elizabeth II : 1926-2022 : A royal life (2022) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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As the title suggests, this collection of short stories is loosely focused on the theme of love, but not just romantic love: there are stories of friendships, parent-child relationships, and love requited and unrequited (mostly the latter). The stories are also pictures of life in Jamaica, chronicling the country's postcolonial poverty, class warfare, desperation, and ambition. But while the setting is clearly and specifically delineated, the stories in this book also explore universal themes. In "The Helpweight,"a successful woman meets her ex-husband again after he has been in England for many years, but she is shocked when he asks for a favor. In "Shilling," a teenage girl daydreams about her crush, but when he finally notices her, the reality is far different from her fantasies. And in "The Big Shot," a man who has worked all his life to escape the grinding poverty of his childhood is suddenly confronted with his past.

I think this is the first book I have ever read by a Caribbean author, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I loved the fact that these stories paint such a vivid picture of life in Jamaica, from the weather to the food to the patterns of speech. Several of the stories are written in dialect, and the characters' speech patterns vary depending on their level of education. While some of the phrases and spellings were unfamiliar to me, I really felt immersed in the world of these stories. Goodison is also a beautiful writer; she has a talent for conveying a lot of information without ever explicitly saying it. I found the endings of the stories especially impressive because they provide just enough closure without tying everything up too neatly. As with most short story collections, some were better than others, but I can't think of any that I really disliked. (My favorites are the ones I mentioned in the first paragraph.) I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in Jamaican or Caribbean literature!
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christina_reads | outras 2 resenhas | Mar 19, 2014 |
i didn't finish this book before i had to take it back to the library(bad planning). it seems to me i wasn't crazy about it. when i got it back, i didn't reread it, i just took up where i had left off. and i really liked it. growing up in jamaica, in a large, loving family, not much about herself or her sibs. a good story about a time that's gone as all our times are.
 
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mahallett | 1 outra resenha | Mar 18, 2009 |
I thought I had finished reading this about five years ago and realized I stopped half-way through...missing all the good poems in "Part 3: The Mango of Poetry" such as "County, Sligoville" and "Letter to Vincent van Gogh." A happy Sunday discovery to read/re-read.
 
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MatthewHittinger | Dec 29, 2008 |
I picked up this book because I lived in Jamaica as a teen & haven't read many Caribbean writings since then. I wish I'd had this book when I lived there, for the sense of history & place it gave me. The Harvey family drew me in from the first chapter of this poignant, elegiac family history.
 
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shalulah | 1 outra resenha | Jul 19, 2008 |

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Obras
19
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Membros
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