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Andrew Salkey
Andrew Salkey 0000000109378518 Felix Salkey was a Panamanian-born author dedicated to Jamaican culture. Raised in Jamaica, he became a prominent figure in the London community of West Indian writers ...
Hurricane
Hurricane Andrew Salkey 9781845231804 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press “…[Hurricane was] the book that made me want to write. He [Salkey] was the most wonderful writer for children.”—Zadi...
Riot
Riot Andrew Salkey 9781845231811 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Gerald Manston and his friends Shifty and Fu lead pretty uneventful lives until the arrival of the upheaval.” When the opp...
Earthquake
Earthquake Andrew Salkey 9781845231828 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Ricky Thomas, his brother Doug, and his sister Polly spend their summer holidays in the coffee walk surrounding their...
Drought
Drought Andrew Salkey 9781845231835 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press It is the dry season and the small village of Nain, Jamaica, is suffering. Its people, livestock, and crops have all bee...
Escape to an Autumn Pavement
Escape to an Autumn Pavement Andrew Salkey 9781845230982 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press A brave and pioneering treatment of sexual identity in Caribbean literature, this novel, first publ...
The Goat
The Goat Mervyn Taylor 9781881523109 Poetry Junction Press Junction Press Using imagery that is subtle yet richly evocative, Mervyn Taylor creates whole lives in just a few short lines. Piquant detail...
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin James Baldwin 9780870236778 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This book is a transcription ...