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Jun 19, 1978 · Fiction, from 1978: “This is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways.”.
- Getting an Education—I
Those hardworking women, our teachers, not always brilliant...
- West Indies
“I had begun to see the past like this: there is a line; you...
- Jamaica Kincaid
Somehow, the writer, and her favorite hat, survived the...
- Children
Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” prompted...
- Getting an Education—I
on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the sl*t you are so bent on becoming; don't sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn't speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions; don't eat fruits on the street - flies will follow you; but I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school;
Girl. Jamaica Kincaid. Featuring. The New Yorker. In Kincaid’s prose poem, a mother delivers a virtually ceaseless torrent of advice to the “girl” of the title. Most of the advice centers on ...
Jamaica Kincaid is a renowned author and poet whose works often delve into themes of identity, colonialism, and gender. Her poems are known for their raw emotion, vivid imagery, and powerful storytelling. In this article, we will explore some of Jamaica Kincaid's most notable poems and the themes that run through her work.
‘Girl’ is a short story by the Antigua-born writer Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949). In this very short story, which runs to just a couple of pages, a mother offers advice to her teenage daughter about how to behave like a proper woman.
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, a prose poem/short story, was first published in 1978 in the New Yorker. It later appeared in Jamaica Kincaid ‘s first short story collection, At the Bottom of the River , and it can be read in the Amazon preview.
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Written in a deceptively simple and unadorned style, Kincaid’s books are informed by her status of uprooted subject, born in the Caribbean island of Antigua, but living in North America. Thanks to her condition, Kincaid critically examines her Antiguan past with its colonial legacy, and her American present.
