Title: An autobiography of the autobiography of reading /
Authors: Brand, Dionne, 1953-
Year: 2020
Subjects: Brand, Dionne, Books and reading.; Brand, Dionne,; Black people in literature; Imperialism in literature; Colonies in literature; Racism in literature; Authorship; Authorship; Blacks in literature; Books and reading; Colonies in literature; Imperialism in literature; Racism in literature
Abstract: "Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Brand reflects on her early reading of colonial literature and how it makes Black being inanimate. She explores her encounters with colonial, imperialist, and racist tropes; the ways that practices of reading and writing are shaped by those narrative structures; and the challenges of writing a narrative of Black life that attends to its own expression and its own consciousness."--