If I Could Write This in Fire
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
If I Could Write This in Fire
By (Author) Michelle Cliff
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
8th October 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Anthologies: general
Memoirs
813.6
Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Nonfiction) 2008
Physical Properties
Hardback
104
Width 137mm, Height 216mm, Spine 8mm
Description
Born in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experiences with the forces of colonialism and oppression: a light-skinned Creole, a lesbian, an immigrant in both England and the United States. In her celebrated novels and short stories, she has probed the intersection of prejudice and oppression with a rare and striking lyricism.
Reviews
"Full of razors, blossoms, and clarity. The beauty and authority of Cliffs writing is coupled with profound insight." Toni Morrison
"Cliff is rare, and is already distinguished as a writer of great substance and power." Tillie Olson
"Michelle Cliff has always been a fierce and fearless writer. In this incendiary collection, which ranges from engaging with the work of Lorca, Pasolini and Ama Ata Aidoo to revisiting the life Oto Benga, Cliff examines place and race and legacy, the things we carry with us in our memory and blood. Here is a line from the start of the book: revolutionaries are made, not born.This book could make them. Be prepared." Rebecca Brown, author of The End of Youth
Author Bio
Michelle Cliff is the author of the novels Abeng, No Telephone to Heaven, and Free Enterprise. Her first collection of nonfiction, If I Could Write This in Fire (2008), was also published by University of Minnesota Press.
