Hidden Sussex, a new anthology for Sussex by Amy Zamarripa Solis

Hidden Sussex, a new anthology for Sussex by Amy Zamarripa Solis

Ever heard 'Black people don't go camping' or 'Black people don't eat pasta?'

This new Writing Our Legacy anthology aims to debunk outdated but still current stereotypes of Black people through a reimagining of the Sussex landscape from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic perspective.

Twenty-three contributors from across East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton tell their own stories and narratives.

The anthology tells stories of many firsts - first trip to Afro-Caribbean hairdressers, first sexual awakenings, first visit to the Chattri Memorial. The writing also deals with middles and ends - raising children, solitary pursuits, and the deaths of friends and family.

We are transported to local places of interest such as Cuckmere Haven and Brighton Pavilion, and also elsewhere - to Pakistan, India, Iran. Some authors deal with pressing issues of contemporary Britain, including Brexit and the Windrush scandal, while others cast their eye over history and the natural environment.

Contributors are: Georgina Aboud, Jenny Arach, Sheila Auguste, Alinah Azadeh, Priti Barua, Bebb Burchell, Josef Cabey, Suchi Chatterjee, Lisa Climie, Joyoti Grech Cato, Sally-Claire Fadelle, Josephine Hall, Jasmine Harris, Maggie Harris, L Oluwafemi Hughes Jonas, Farah Edwards Khan, Dulani Kulasinghe, Georgina Parke, Annie Richardson, Zaid S Sethi, Hayat Nezameddin Shehab, Sonny Singh and Nina Thaddeus.

Editors: Umi Sinha, Colin Grant, Dean Atta

Publisher: Writing Our Legacy

Umi Sinha was born in the military hospital in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1952 to an English mother and Indian father. She grew up in India in the decade following Independence, when there was deeply held resentment against the British. She moved to Britain in 1968 during the backlash against the mass immigration of Asians who had been expelled from Uganda and Kenya. The experience of being an outsider looking for a place to belong, along with the impact of history - political and personal - on individual lives, is a major theme in her writing. Umi has an MA in Creative Writing and taught at the University of Sussex for ten years. She teaches creative writing classes and workshops, runs a performance storytelling club and offers a mentoring and manuscript appraisal service for writers called Writing Clinic. She is also a trained mediator and trustee at her local community centre. She has had short stories published, including in Cosmopolitan magazine and in a Serpent Tail's anthology. Her debut novel, Belonging (Myriad, September 2015), has been listed for several prestigious awards, most notably the Author's Club Best First Novel Award.

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ISBN 13	9781916129009
ISBN 10	1916129005
Title	Hidden Sussex, a new anthology for Sussex
Author	Amy Zamarripa Solis
Series	Hidden Sussex
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Writing Our Legacy
Year published	2019-06-18
Number of pages	186
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.