Jamaican


A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Sun Is Also a Star
Here Comes the Sun
How to Say Babylon
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
The Book of Night Women
Patsy
Queenie
How to Love a Jamaican
Small Island
Everything, Everything
Augustown
The Long Song
If I Survive You
These Ghosts Are Family
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesTell My Horse by Zora Neale HurstonJamaica's Find by Juanita HavillSongbirds by Heather Augustyn
Jamaica or Jamaican in the Title
112 books — 12 voters
Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney MilanEvery Last Breath by Juno RushdanNo Turning Back by Neva Squires-RodriguezBlood Bound by Patricia BriggsAn Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Romance - Women of Colour
139 books — 35 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFacing the Son by M.L. RudolphBuck by M.K. AsanteNightmare Along the River Nile by S.E. Nelson
Africa and the Diaspora
155 books — 75 voters
Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanBrother Anancy and Other Stories by Andrew SalkeyAge of Anansi by James LovegroveAnancy Stories by Everal Emanuel McKenzieAnansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Anansi/Anancy in the Title
10 books — 4 voters


Crystal Evans
I don't keep women friends for too long largely because i do not trust them and i hate gossip. A lot of times i am on the inside looking out and people say if women are avoiding me then it means something is wrong with me and not with them. I look at these female cliques and the lies, pretense and backbiting that keeps them glued together and decide that i want no part of that. ...more
Crystal Evans, Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis

Crystal Evans
Writing is my response to my own crazy world. It's often sporadic, ignited by some noteworthy occurrence in my life. Rarely is it reflective, frequently intrusive. You see sometimes I aim for allegory, but there are certain truths about life that one has to paint as it is, there are ideas that cannot be dressed up. I more than anyone else understands how suffering and personal experiences influences the creative process. My books are nurtured by happiness and despair. Every experience in my ever ...more
Crystal Evans, Jamaican Acute-Ghetto-itis: Jamaican Sociological Commentary

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