LEADER 02661nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910454627303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6655-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000723055 035 $a(EBL)433173 035 $a(OCoLC)318223054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000176218 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179534 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176218 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223481 035 $a(PQKB)11092498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433173 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39296 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277734 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523335 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000723055 100 $a20080521d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIf I could write this in fire$b[electronic resource] /$fMichelle Cliff 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (104 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-5474-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 Darkness 330 $aBorn 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 wi 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, Jamaican$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aJamaican Americans$vBiography 606 $aLesbian authors$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAuthors, Jamaican 615 0$aJamaican Americans 615 0$aLesbian authors 676 $a813/.6 700 $aCliff$b Michelle$0682910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454627303321 996 $aIf I could write this in fire$91352785 997 $aUNINA