Conjunctions #27: The Archipelago

Conjunctions #27

by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Robert Antoni (Editor)

In this landmark anthology, writers from three generations who have often been associated with the Caribbean are brought together for the first time. Contributors include Nobel Laureates Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Derek Walcott, along with Julia Alvarez, Kamau Brathwaite, Senel Paz, Cristina Garcia, Fred D'Aguiar, Wilson Harris, Nilo Cruz, Bob Shacochis, Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Olive Senior, Rosario Ferre, Port-au-Prince mayor Manno Charlemagne, and many others.

360 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Bradford Morrow has lived for the past thirty years in New York City and rural upstate New York, though he grew up in Colorado and lived and worked in a variety of places in between. While in his mid-teens, he traveled through rural Honduras as a member of the Amigos de las Americas program, serving as a medical volunteer in the summer of 1967. The following year he was awarded an American Field Service scholarship to finish his last year of high school as a foreign exchange student at a Liceo Scientifico in Cuneo, Italy. In 1973, he took time off from studying at the University of Colorado to live in Paris for a year. After doing graduate work on a Danforth Fellowship at Yale University, he moved to Santa Barbara, California, to work as a rare book dealer. In 1981 he relocated to New York City to the literary journal Conjunctions, which he founded with the poet Kenneth Rexroth, and to write novels. He and his two cats divide their time between NYC and upstate New York.

Visit his website at www.bradfordmorrow.com.

Reviews

[Greta · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an introduction to the writing of people from the Islands of the Caribbean, this is a great place to start. Robert Antoni, Julia Alvarez and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are among the original contributors in 1996. My eyes have been opened to a new world of balmy weather, sea breezes, and many varied, fresh views of the world.

[Christian]

Just got this as an early Christmas gift. It's filled with some of my favorite writers and many whom I'm excited to discover!