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Clarke, Austin, 1934-
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Clarke, Austin, 1934- -- Childhood and youth.
Novelists, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists, Black -- Biography
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
Journalists -- Barbados -- Biography.
College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Barbadians -- Canada -- Biography.
Barbadians -- United States -- Biography.
Barbados -- Social life and customs.
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Clarke, Austin, 1934-
Clarke, Austin, 1934-
Clarke, Austin, 1934- -- Childhood and youth.
Novelists, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists, Black -- Biography
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
Journalists -- Barbados -- Biography.
College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Barbadians -- Canada -- Biography.
Barbadians -- United States -- Biography.
Barbados -- Social life and customs.
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Clarke, Austin, 1934-
Dundurn, 2015.
Call #:
921 C5972m
Subjects
Clarke, Austin, 1934-
Clarke, Austin, 1934- -- Childhood and youth.
Novelists, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Black -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Barbadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists, Black -- Biography
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
Journalists -- Barbados -- Biography.
College teachers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Barbadians -- Canada -- Biography.
Barbadians -- United States -- Biography.
Barbados -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781459730342 (pbk.)
Description:
490 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, happiness and sorrow. In '
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, Clarke shares his own experiences growing up in Barbados and moving to Toronto to attend university in 1955 before becoming a journalist. With vivid realism he describes Harlem of the '60s, meeting and interviewing Malcolm X and writers Chinua Achebe and LeRoi Jones. Clarke went on to become a pioneering instructor of Afro-American Literature at Yale University and inspired a new generation of Afro-American writers. His other nonfiction books include Pig tails 'n breadfruit: a culinary memoir (1999), Love and sweet food: a culinary memoir (2004) and Growing up stupid under the Union Jack: a memoir (2005)"--Provided by publisher.
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