Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles
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An anthology of queer writing from the Caribbean.Publishers WeeklyThis sometimes sexy, sometimes dry, but often lush collection of stories by Caribbean gay and lesbian writers is a mixed bag. Certain selections, such as Wesley E.A. Crichlow's "History, (Re)Memory, Testimony, and Biomythography" and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes's heavily footnoted "Postdata: metatextual wings of a dove" will likely put off all but academics. More accessible are Michelle Cliff's "Ecce Homo," a tale of star-crossed male lovers in Rome during WWII, which has the romantic distance of a sepia photograph, and José Alcántara Almánzar's portrayal of a transvestite in "Lulú or the Metamorphosis." Many of the writings from the 1990s tackle oppression and are tragic in tone. Shani Mootoo's sassy patois story, "Out on Main Street," about how she and her girlfriend negotiate their sexuality in a sweet shop, is refreshingly upbeat, and Audre Lorde's two stories, one about rebuilding in St. Croix after hurricane Hugo, the other a meditation on home and her mother's nostalgia for Grenada-neither of which addresses sexuality-widen the book's somewhat claustrophobic focus. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: Desire through the Archipelago Thomas Glave 1Lulu or the Metamorphosis (1995) Jose Alcantara Almanzar 13Property Values (2001) Aldo Alvarez 21Eroticism (1992) Reinaldo Arenas 34Three Poems: Saturday Night in San Juan with the Right Sailors (2004) Almost a Revolution for Two in Bed (2004) Tropical Fever (2003) Rane Arroyo 51Three Poems: Transactions (2001) San Francisco-New Orleans (2001) The Image Saves (1994) Jesus J. Barquet 53Somebody Has to Cry (1998) Marilyn Bobes 57Elizete, Beckoned (1996) Dionne Brand 70"Bullers" and "Battymen": Contesting Homophobia in Black Popular Culture and Contemporary Caribbean Literature (1997) Timothy S. Chin 78Ecce Homo (2002) Michelle Cliff 97History, (Re) Memory, Testimony, and Biomythography: Charting a Buller Man's Trinidadian Past (2004) Wesley E. A. Crichlow 101Other Islanders on Lesbos: A Retrospective Look at the History of Lesbians in Cuba (2004) Mabel Cuesta 132Autonomy in Lesbian-Feminist Politics (2004) Ochy Curiel 142Three Poems: YoungFaggot (2003) The Magical Real (2003) Surrender (2003) Faizal Deen 153The Portrait (1998) Pedro De Jesus 158Tante Merle (1999) R. Erica Doyle 173Whose Caribbean? An Allegory, in Part (2005) Thomas Glave 177More Notes on the Invisibility of Caribbean Lesbians (2005) Rosamond S. King 191Independence Day Letter (2004) Helen Klonaris 197Travel Notes of a Queer Puerto Rican in Havana (2002) Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes 202Of Generators and Survival: Hugo Letter (1990) From Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982) Audre Lorde 233Out on Main Street (1993) Shani Mootoo 252Time and Tide (2002) Anton Nimblett 261We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (1994) Achy Obejas 268The Hunter (1999) Leonardo Padura Fuentes 281The Face (1956) Virgilio Pinera 290Dale and Ian (1994) Patricia Powell 296Genesis (2003) Kevin Everod Quashie 304Bayamon, Brooklyn y yo (1987) Juanita Ramos 308The Mechanic (1998) Colin Robinson 316Haiti: A Memory Journey (1996) Assotto Saint 320Johnnie, London, 1960 (1960) Andrew Salkey 325I Want to Follow My Friend (1994) Lawrence Scott 336Man Royals and Sodomites: Some Thoughts on the Invisibility of Afro-Caribbean Lesbians (1992) Makeda Silvera 344Jerome (1993) H. Nigel Thomas 355Fragments of Toronto's Black Queer Community: From a Life Still Being Lived (2005) Rinaldo Walcott 360Mati-ism and Black Lesbianism: Two Idealtypical Expressions of Female Homosexuality in Black Communities of the Diaspora (1996) Gloria Wekker 368On Homophobia and Gay Rights Activism in Jamaica (2000) Lawson Williams 382Glossary 389Contributors 393
