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'Membering Austin Clarke : a writer, a life

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    Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020

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  • Author: Barrett, Paul
    Contributor: Barrett, Paul
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    2020
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    Contributor List Paul Barrett, University of Guelph Michael Bucknor, University of West Indies Austin Clarke (1934 – 2016) George Elliott Clarke, University of Toronto Patrick Crean, Toronto, Cyril Dabydeen, Ottawa André Forget, Toronto John Harewood, Ottawa, ON Camille Isaacs, OCAD, Toronto Sonnet L'Abbé, Vancouver Island University John R. Lee, St. Lucia Dennis Lee, Toronto, ON Katherine McKittrick, Queen's University, Kingston E. Martin Nolan, York University Giovanna Riccio, Toronto Leslie Sanders, York University, Toronto Winfried Siemerling, University of Waterloo Kate Siklosi, Toronto Kris Singh,Royal Military College, Kingston Marquita Smith, John Brown University, AR Asha Varadharajan, Queen's University, Kingston.

    Contents:
    • Acknowledgements1. The Trouble of Intimacy / Rinaldo Walcott 2. On Austin Clarke's Style / Paul Barrett 3. Dear Austin: Why Teaching Your Work Is Difficult / Leslie Sanders 4. 'There Were No Elders. Only Old Men': Aging and Misogyny in Austin Clarke's Later Fiction / Camille Isaacs 5. That Man, That Man—Stories and Confabulations / Austin Clarke 6. Burrowing Into the Craft: Editing Austin Clarke / Dennis Lee 7. Editorial Notes for 'When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks' / Dennis Lee 8. Sometimes, A Motherless Child: A Double Take / Giovanna Riccio 9. 'These Virtues o' the Cullinerry Harts': Talking Food and Politics in the Letters of Austin Clarke, Sam Selvon, and Andrew Salkey / Kris Singh 10. Let Me Stand Up / Austin Clarke 11. Austin A.C. Clarke Is the Most / Kate Siklosi 12. The Rogue in Me / Austin Clarke 13. Spatiality in the Poetry of Austin A.C. Clarke / Stephen Cain 14. The Lessons of Austin Clarke / Sonnet L'Abbé 15. 'The Wordshop of the Kitchen': Impressions of Austin Clarke and Paule Marshall / Asha Varadharajan 16. Of Kin and Kind / Marquita Smith 17. The Robber / Austin Clarke 18. Austin Clarke: Defying the Silence, a Life in Letters / John Harewood 19. Austin Clarke Love Poem / Cyril Dabydeen 20. Do Not Let Them Choose the Fragrance / Austin Clarke 21. There Will Never Be Another Austin Clarke / Patrick Crean 22. Still the British Empire / André Forget 23. I Can Say I Read It / E. Martin Nolan 24. Austin Clarke's Books / Katherine McKittrick 25. Hyphen (for Austin 'Tom' Clarke, 1934–2016) / John R. Lee 26. 'Myth Grounded in Truth': Sound, Light, and the Vertical Imagination in Austin Clarke's 'Membering / Winfried Siemerling 27. À St. Matthias / George Elliott Clarke 28. Clarke on Clarke / George Elliott Clarke & Paul Barrett 29. All He Wanted to Do Was Type / Michael A. Bucknor 30. Recognition / David Chariandy Works Cited Index.
    Genre:
    Literary arts, Canadian nonfiction, Essays
    Subject(s): African American | American | Canadian | Caribbean & Latin American | Literary Criticism | Literature & literary studies
    Original Publisher: Waterloo, ON, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771124782, 1771124784