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Jan 28, 1983 · I Is A Long Memoried Woman, a collection by Guyanese poetess Grace Nichols, was first published in 1983 and a winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Nichols’ work develops the story of an anonymous African-Caribbean woman as she recounts the cruelty of slavery and its crippling effects on body, mind, and spirit.
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Publisher : Lushena Books; UK ed. edition (Jan. 28 1983) Language : English
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Jan 28, 1983 · I Is a Long Memoried Woman Paperback. Paperback – Unabridged, January 28, 1983. by Grace Nichols (Author) 4.1 8 ratings. See all formats and editions. 1990 RED SEA PRESS SOFTCOVER.
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I is a Long Memoried Woman. Grace Nichols. Karnak House, 1990 - Fiction - 87 pages. First published in 1983 to gain the distinction of being the first book of poetry written by a Caribbean...
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I is a Long-memoried Woman. Grace Nichols. Caribbean Cultural International, Karnak House, 1983 - Poetry - 80 pages.
Paperback – 1 Dec. 1999. by Grace Nichols (Author) 4.1 10 ratings. See all formats and editions. First published in 1983 to gain the distinction of being the first book of poetry written by a Caribbean woman to have won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, it has since become a modern classic.
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Nichols charts the emotional and spiritual development of an unnamed African-Caribbean woman who recalls a multivisioned memory of the slave trade, of European cruelty, of African complicity, of rape, of infanticide, of back-breaking plantation work, of sensuality and sexuality, of self-pride in woman/motherhood, of a reawakened and recommitted ...
