If I could write this in fire : an anthology of literature from the Caribbean /
Smorkaloff, Pamela María,1956-
New York, N.Y. : New Press,
1994.
In English; many selections have been translated from the French and Spanish.
Includes bibliographical references.
Literary selections. The plantation and maroon society. Wages paid / James Carnegie -- From : The autobiography of a runaway slave / Esteban Montejo, edited by Miguel Barnet -- Rural peasantry. From : Between two worlds / Simone Schwarz-Bart -- From : When they loved the communal lands / Pedro Mir -- Decolonization and the colonial education. From : Growing up stupid under the union jack / Austin Clarke -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier -- Isolation/inter-Caribbean relations. The day it all happened ; Port-au-Prince, below / Ana Lydia Vega -- Modern life : alienation/liberation. From : A state of independence / Caryl Phillips -- Monologue with rain ; Common stories / Chely Lima -- Passing / Michelle Cliff -- Theoretical essays. Identity, historiography, and the Caribbean voice. From : The black Jacobins / C.L.R. James -- Caliban : notes toward a discussion of culture in our America / Roberto Fernández Retamar -- If I could write this in fire, I would write this in fire / Michelle Cliff.
Caribbean literature.