02627nam 2200601Ia 450 991078284990332120230721005412.00-8166-6655-5(CKB)1000000000723055(EBL)433173(OCoLC)318223054(SSID)ssj0000176218(PQKBManifestationID)11179534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176218(PQKBWorkID)10223481(PQKB)11092498(MiAaPQ)EBC433173(MdBmJHUP)muse39296(Au-PeEL)EBL433173(CaPaEBR)ebr10277734(CaONFJC)MIL523335(EXLCZ)99100000000072305520080521d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIf I could write this in fire[electronic resource] /Michelle CliffMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20081 online resource (104 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-5474-3 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; PREFACE: Journey into Speech; And What Would It Be Like; If I Could Write This in Fire, I Would Write This in Fire; Cross-Country: A Documentary in Ten Jump-Cuts; Sites of Memory; Lynchburg 2003; The Thing behind the Trees; In My Heart, a DarknessBorn in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experiences with the forces of colonialism and oppression: a light-skinned Creole, a lesbian, an immigrant in both England and the United States. In her celebrated novels and short stories, she has probed the intersection of prejudice and oppression with a rare and striking lyricism. In her first book-length collection of nonfiction, Cliff displays the same poetic intensity, interweaving reflections on her life in Jamaica, England, and the United States wiAuthors, American20th centuryBiographyAuthors, Jamaican20th centuryBiographyJamaican AmericansBiographyLesbian authorsBiographyAuthors, AmericanAuthors, JamaicanJamaican AmericansLesbian authors813/.6Cliff Michelle682910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782849903321If I could write this in fire1352785UNINA