Caribbean Dozen by Agard John
This is an anthology of poetry about the Caribbean by 13 Caribbean poets: Valerie Bloom, Faustin Charles, Telcine Turner, David Campbell, Opal Palmer Adisa, Marc Matthews, Dionne Brand, Pamela Mordecai, John Lyons, James Berry, Frank Collymore and the editors of the anthology. The work of each is prefaced by a page of brief autobiography. There are over 50 poems in all. Grace Nichols was awarded the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1983 for "i is a long memoried woman". Together with John Agard she also produced the poetry anthology "No Hickory No Dickory No Dock"
Born in 1950 in Guyana, where she grew up, Grace Nichols worked as a jounalist and reporter. She came to Britain in 1977 and has published several children's books. Her cycle of poems, I IS A LONG MEMORIED WOMAN, won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780744521726 |
| ISBN 10 | 0744521726 |
| Title | Caribbean Dozen |
| Author | Agard John |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Walker Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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