Lyrical, stylistically complex prose flows from both authors. Their character-driven novels explore issues of gender and family relations, social justice, and coming of age. Haunting,...

Jamaica Kincaid and J. California Cooper write about the lives of black women with elegant prose that invites readers to see events from that characters' perspectives. Large social...

In haunting, lyrical, sometimes bleak prose and deeply rendered characters, these authors write both directly and obliquely about the legacy of colonialism in Zimbabwe (Tsitsi Dangarembga)...

Both authors draw on their Island backgrounds in crafting realistic characters and in creating stories that reflect the history and challenges facing Caribbean people and Caribbean...

Literary fiction writers Jamaica Kincaid, originally from Antigua, and Edwidge Danticat, originally from Haiti, both draw on their Caribbean roots in their novels. They have beautiful,...

With moving, often lyrical language, these authors delve into the thoughts and emotions of their African-American protagonists. Jamaica Kincaid primarily portrays women; Ralph Ellison,...

The character-driven novels of Alice Walker and Jamaica Kincade explore the experiences of African-American protagonists, especially women, through deep insight and lyrical language....

These authors' works have the appeal factors melancholy and stylistically complex, and they have the subjects "island life," "islands," and "caribbean people."

These authors' works have the appeal factors melancholy and lyrical, and they have the genre "literary fiction"; the subject "social classes"; and characters that are "complex characters."...

These authors' works have the subjects "families," "caribbean people," and "familial love"; and include the identity "black."