num_pages: 371
description: Women Poets of the Caribbean — the known and the unknown — speak their unique experience in this exciting new anthology. A product of CAFRA (Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action). and edited by Ramabai Espinet, this work crosses the boundaries of race, class and language in the Caribbean. The work is archipelagic in scope, extending as well down into South and Central America. It contains poems written in English, French and Spanish, as well as a number of Creole languages. Prophetic, revolutionary, tender, tight-lipped or pagan in its celebratory fervor — this anthology slips the knot from the silent cord binding the tongues of Caribbean women. And a great voice comes rushing out, from all the small inland rivers, and down to the vast sea …
language: English
title: Creation Fire: A Cafra Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry
titlecomplete: Creation Fire: A Cafra Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Inland Womensource