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Saint-John Perse (Guadeloupe, 1887--1975) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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Claude McKay (Jamaica, 1889--1948) |
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7 | (1) |
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A Midnight Woman to the Bobby |
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7 | (2) |
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Leon Laleau (Haiti, 1892--1979) |
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9 | (1) |
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Frank Collymore (Barbados, 1893--1980) |
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10 | (2) |
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Luis Pales Matos (Puerto Rico, 1898--1959) |
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12 | (1) |
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H.A. Vaughan (Barbados, 1901--1985) |
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13 | (1) |
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Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (Martinique, b. 1902) |
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14 | (2) |
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Nicolas Guillen (Cuba, 1902--1987) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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Ballad of the Two Grandfathers |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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Philip Sherlock (Jamaica, 1902--2000) |
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23 | (2) |
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Albert Helman (Surinam, 1903--1996) |
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25 | (1) |
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Roger Mais (Jamaica, 1905--1955) |
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All Men Come to the Hills |
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26 | (1) |
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Una Marson (Jamaica, 1905--1965) |
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27 | (1) |
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Vera Bell (Jamaica, b. 1906) |
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Ancestor on the Auction Block |
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28 | (2) |
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Jacques Roumain (Haiti, 1907--1944) |
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30 | (1) |
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Phyllis Shand Allfrey (Dominica, 1908--1986) |
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31 | (1) |
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Jean Brierre (Haiti, b. 1909) |
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32 | (2) |
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Harold M. Telemaque (Trinidad, 1909--1982) |
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34 | (1) |
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Vivian Virtue (Jamaica, 1911--1998) |
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Landscape Painter, Jamaica |
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35 | (1) |
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Leon-Gontran Damas (French Guiana, 1912--1978) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Aime Cesaire (Martinique, b. 1913) |
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from Return to My Native Land |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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Pedro Mir (Dominican Republic, 1913--2000) |
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Meditation on the Shores of Evening |
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45 | (2) |
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Julia De Burgos (Puerto Rico, 1914--1953) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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A.J. Seymour (Guyana, 1914--1989) |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (2) |
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Eric Roach (Tobago, 1915--1974) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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George Campbell (Jamaica, 1916--2002) |
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54 | (1) |
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Trefossa (Surinam, 1916--1975) |
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55 | (1) |
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Guy Tirolien (Guadeloupe, 1917--1988) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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Marie-Therese Colimon (Haiti, 1918--1988) |
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59 | (1) |
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Aida Cartagena Portalatin (Dominican Republic, 1918--1994) |
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60 | (1) |
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Louise Bennett (Jamaica, b. 1919) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (2) |
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Barbara Ferland (Jamaica, b. 1919) |
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When They Come from the Island |
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64 | (2) |
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John Figueroa (Jamaica, 1920--1999) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (4) |
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Wilson Harris (Guyana, b. 1921) |
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A.L. Hendriks (Jamaica, 1922--1992) |
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68 | (1) |
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Basil McFarlane (Jamaica, b. 1922) |
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69 | (4) |
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Gloria Escoffery (Jamaica, 1923--2002) |
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73 | (2) |
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Cecil Gray (Trinidad, b. 1923) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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Bruce St. John (Barbados, 1923--1995) |
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78 | (2) |
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Louis Simpson (Jamaica, b. 1923) |
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80 | (2) |
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James Berry (Jamaica, b. 1924) |
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82 | (1) |
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Letter to My Father from London |
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82 | (2) |
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Rene Depestre (Haiti, b. 1926) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (3) |
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Neville Dawes (Jamaica, 1926--1984) |
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88 | (2) |
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Nydia Ecury (Aruba, b. 1926) |
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90 | (1) |
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Martin Carter (Guyana, 1927--1997) |
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91 | (2) |
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Poems of Shape and Motion |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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E. Mc.G. `Shake' Keane (St Vincent, 1927--1997) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (3) |
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John La Rose (Trinidad, b. 1927) |
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102 | (1) |
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Edouard Glissant (Martinique, b. 1928) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (2) |
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Andrew Salkey (Jamaica, 1928--1995) |
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107 | (1) |
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Ralph Thompson (Jamaica, b. 1928) |
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108 | (2) |
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Dennis Craig (Guyana, 1929--2004) |
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110 | (2) |
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Kamau Brathwaite (Barbados, b. 1930) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (1) |
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Roberto Fernandez Retamar (Cuba, b. 1930) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (4) |
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Derek Walcott (St Lucia, b. 1930) |
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127 | (14) |
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Heberto Padilla (Cuba, 1932--2000) |
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141 | (1) |
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Rene Philoctete (Haiti, 1932--1995) |
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142 | (1) |
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Michael Gilkes (Guyana, b. 1933) |
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143 | (2) |
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Edward Lucie-Smith (Jamaica, b. 1933) |
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145 | (1) |
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John Lyons (Trinidad, b. 1933) |
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146 | (1) |
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Ian McDonald (Trinidad/Guyana, b. 1933) |
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147 | (1) |
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The Sun Parrots are Late This Year |
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148 | (2) |
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Stanley Greaves (Guyana, b. 1934) |
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150 | (1) |
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Slade Hopkinson (Abdur-Rahman) (Guyana, 1934--1993) |
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151 | (2) |
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Robin Dobru (Surinam, 1935--1983) |
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153 | (1) |
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Frank Martinus Arion (Curacao, b. 1936) |
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I fell in deep snow . . . |
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154 | (1) |
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Edward Baugh (Jamaica, b. 1936) |
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The Carpenter's Complaint |
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155 | (1) |
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Sometimes in the Middle of the Story |
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156 | (1) |
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Anson Gonzalez (Trinidad, b. 1936) |
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157 | (2) |
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Rajandaye Ramkissoon-Chen (Trinidad, b. 1936) |
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159 | (1) |
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Howard Fergus (Montserrat, b. 1937) |
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160 | (2) |
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Claire Harris (Trinidad, b. 1937) |
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Child this is the gospel on bakes |
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162 | (3) |
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Mark Mathews (Guyana, b. 1937) |
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165 | (1) |
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Mervyn Morris (Jamaica, b. 1937) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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Velma Pollard (Jamaica, b. 1937) |
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Beware the Naked Man Who Offers you a Shirt |
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168 | (2) |
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Lourdes Casal (Cuba, 1938--1981) |
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170 | (1) |
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E.A. Markham (Montserrat, b. 1939) |
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A History Without Suffering |
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171 | (1) |
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Hurricane, Volcano, Mass Flight |
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172 | (2) |
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Dennis Scott (Jamaica, 1939--1991) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (2) |
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Maria Arrillaga (Puerto Rico, b. 1940) |
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To the Poets of My Generation |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (3) |
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Olive Senior (Jamaica, b. 1941) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Blackbird |
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183 | (3) |
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Anthony McNeil (Jamaica, 1941--1996) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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Arnold Harrichand Itwaru (Guyana, b. 1942) |
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189 | (2) |
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Belkis Cuza Male (Cuba, b. 1942) |
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191 | (1) |
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Pam Mordecai (Jamaica, b. 1942) |
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192 | (1) |
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Joseph Polius (Martinique, b. 1942) |
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There are those who . . . |
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193 | (2) |
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Christine Craig (Jamaica, b. 1943) |
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195 | (2) |
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Heather Royes (Jamaica, b. 1943) |
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197 | (1) |
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Pedro Perez Sarduy (Cuba, b. 1943) |
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198 | (7) |
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Wayne Brown (Trinidad, b. 1944) |
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205 | (1) |
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Faustin Charles (Trinidad, b. 1944) |
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206 | (1) |
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Amryl Johnson (Trinidad, 1944--2001) |
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207 | (2) |
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Jeanette Miller (Dominican Republic, b. 1944) |
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Because Death is This Feeling |
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209 | (1) |
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Nancy Morejon (Cuba, b. 1944) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Jesus Cos Causse (Cuba, b. 1945) |
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214 | (1) |
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Cyril Dabydeen (Guyana, b. 1945) |
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215 | (2) |
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McDonald Dixon (St Lucia, b. 1945) |
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Roseau---The Forgotten Village |
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217 | (1) |
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Rooplal Monar (Guyana, b. 1945) |
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218 | (1) |
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Michelle Cliff (Jamaica, b. 1946) |
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219 | (2) |
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Lorna Goodison (Jamaica, b. 1947) |
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For My Mother (May I Inherit Half Her Strength) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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The yard man: An election poem |
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224 | (1) |
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Praise to the mother of Jamaican art |
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225 | (1) |
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Jean Goulbourne (Jamaica, b. 1947) |
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226 | (2) |
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Mark McWatt (Guyana, b. 1947) |
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228 | (2) |
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Marlene Nourbese Philip (Trinidad, b. 1947) |
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230 | (1) |
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Hazel Simmons-McDonald (St Lucia, b. 1947) |
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231 | (1) |
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Mirta Yanez (Cuba, b. 1947) |
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232 | (1) |
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Cynthia James (Trinidad, b. 1948) |
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233 | (2) |
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John Robert Lee (St Lucia, b. 1948) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (3) |
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Edgar Cairo (Surinam, 1948--2000) |
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239 | (1) |
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Jit Narain (Surinam, b. 1948) |
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Working all day, dreaming at night |
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240 | (1) |
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Chiqui Vicioso (Dominican Republic, b. 1948) |
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241 | (2) |
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John Agard (Guyana, b. 1949) |
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243 | (1) |
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Limbo Dancer at Immigration |
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244 | (2) |
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Brian Chan (Guyana, b. 1949) |
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246 | (1) |
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Victor Questel (Trinidad, 1949--1982) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (4) |
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Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic, b. 1950) |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (2) |
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Merle Collins (Grenada, b. 1950) |
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255 | (3) |
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Grace Nichols (Guyana, b. 1950) |
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The Fat Black Woman Remembers |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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Gustavo Perez-Firmat (Cuba, b. 1950) |
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260 | (1) |
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Marilene Phipps (Haiti, b. 1950) |
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261 | (2) |
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Lillian Allen (Jamaica/Canada b. 1951) |
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263 | (1) |
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Honor Ford-Smith (Jamaica, b. 1951) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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Tato Laviera (Puerto Rico, b. 1951) |
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267 | (2) |
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Judith Ortiz Cofer (Puerto Rico, b. 1952) |
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269 | (1) |
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Kendel Hippolyte (St Lucia, b. 1952) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
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Linton Kwesi Johnson (Jamaica/UK, b. 1952) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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Jane King (St Lucia, b. 1952) |
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276 | (2) |
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Mutabaruka (Jamaica, b. 1952) |
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278 | (3) |
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Oku Onuora (Jamaica, b. 1952) |
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281 | (2) |
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Reina Maria Rodriguez (Cuba, b. 1952) |
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When a Woman Doesn't Sleep |
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283 | (1) |
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Dionne Brand (Trinidad, b. 1953) |
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284 | (2) |
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Margaret Gill (Barbados, b. 1953) |
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Poem for a Migrant Worker |
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286 | (1) |
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The History of Dub Poetry |
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287 | (2) |
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Opal Palmer Adisa (Jamaica, b. 1954) |
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289 | (1) |
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Mahadai Das (Guyana, 1954--2003) |
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290 | (2) |
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Maggie Harris (Guyana, b. 1954) |
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292 | (1) |
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Michael Smith (Jamaica, 1954--1983) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (3) |
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Peggy Carr (St Vincent, b. c.1955) |
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298 | (1) |
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David Dabydeen (Guyana, b. 1955) |
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299 | (5) |
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Anthony Kellman (Barbados, b. 1955) |
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304 | (2) |
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Rachel Manley (Jamaica, b. 1955) |
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306 | (1) |
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Roi Kwabena (Trinidad, b. 1956) |
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307 | (1) |
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Jean `Binta' Breeze (Jamaica, b. 1957) |
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Riddym Ravings (The Mad Woman's Poem) |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (3) |
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Martin Espada (Puerto Rico, b. 1957) |
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314 | (1) |
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Imagine the Angels of Bread |
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315 | (2) |
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Sasenarine Persaud (Guyana, b. 1958) |
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Postcard to a Sister in South America |
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317 | (1) |
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Geoffry Philp (Jamaica, b. 1958) |
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318 | (1) |
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Lasana M. Sekou (Aruba/St Martin, b. 1959) |
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319 | (3) |
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Fred D'Aguiar (Guyana, b. 1960) |
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322 | (3) |
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Jose Marmol (Dominican Republic, b. 1960) |
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325 | (2) |
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Marcia Douglas (Jamaica/UK, b. 1961) |
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The Ascania Docks in Southampton, circa 1955 |
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327 | (2) |
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Kwame Dawes (Ghana/Jamaica, b. 1962) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (2) |
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Virgil Suarez (Cuba, b. 1962) |
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334 | (1) |
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Jennifer Rahim (Trinidad, b. 1963) |
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335 | (1) |
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Claudia Rankine (Jamaica, b. 1963) |
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336 | (1) |
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Naomi Ayala (Puerto Rico, b. c.1965) |
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337 | (2) |
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Patrick Sylvain (Haiti, b. 1966) |
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339 | (1) |
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Adrian Castro (Cuba, b. 1967) |
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Canto of the Tyrant Who Hangs Himself |
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340 | (3) |
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Vahni Capildeo (Trinidad, b. 1973) |
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343 | (2) |
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Mirlande Jean-Gilles (Haiti, b. 1973) |
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345 | (4) |
Notes on Contributors |
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349 | (31) |
Sources and Acknowledgements |
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380 | (9) |
A-Z Index of Contributors |
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389 | (5) |
Index of Contributors by Country |
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394 | (5) |
Index of Poem Titles |
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399 | (3) |
Index of First Lines |
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