The first book of its kind, Our Caribbean is an anthology of
lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles. The author and
activist Thomas Glave has gathered outstanding fiction, nonfiction,
memoir, and poetry by little-known writers together with selections
by internationally celebrated figures such as Jose Alcantara
Almanzar, Reinaldo Arenas, Dionne Brand, Michelle Cliff, Audre
Lorde, Achy Obejas, and Assotto Saint. The result is an
unprecedented literary conversation on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered experiences throughout the Caribbean and its
far-flung diaspora. Many selections were originally published in
Spanish, Dutch, or creole languages; some are translated into
English here for the first time.The thirty-seven authors hail from
the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, St.
Kitts, Suriname, and Trinidad. Many have lived outside the
Caribbean, and their writing depicts histories of voluntary
migration as well as exile from repressive governments,
communities, and families. Many pieces have a political urgency
that reflects their authors' work as activists, teachers, community
organizers, and performers. Desire commingles with ostracism and
alienation throughout: in the evocative portrayals of same-sex love
and longing, and in the selections addressing religion, family,
race, and class. From the poem "Saturday Night in San Juan with the
Right Sailors" to the poignant narrative "We Came All the Way from
Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?" to an eloquent call for the
embrace of difference that appeared in the Nassau Daily Tribune on
the eve of an anti-gay protest, Our Caribbean is a brave and
necessary book. Contributors: Jose Alcantara Almanzar, Aldo
Alvarez, Reinaldo Arenas, Rane Arroyo, Jesus J. Barquet, Marilyn
Bobes, Dionne Brand, Timothy S. Chin, Michelle Cliff, Wesley E. A.
Crichlow, Mabel Rodriguez Cuesta, Ochy Curiel, Faizal Deen, Pedro
de Jesus, R. Erica Doyle, Thomas Glave, Rosamond S. King, Helen
Klonaris, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Audre Lorde, Shani Mootoo,
Anton Nimblett, Achy Obejas, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Virgilio
Pinera, Patricia Powell, Kevin Everod Quashie, Juanita Ramos, Colin
Robinson, Assotto Saint, Andrew Salkey, Lawrence Scott, Makeda
Silvera, H. Nigel Thomas, Rinaldo Walcott, Gloria Wekker, Lawson
Williams
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