| 词条 | Marcia Douglas |
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Marcia Douglas is a novelist, poet, and performer. Life and educationDouglas was born in the United Kingdom to Jamaican parents. Her family returned to Jamaica when Douglas was six, and she grew up in Kingston. Douglas received an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University, where she studied African American/Caribbean Literature and Creative Writing (fiction and poetry). WorkDouglas is the author of the novels, Madam Fate (1999), Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells (2005), and a Novel in Bass Riddim (2016), as well as the collection of poetry, Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom (1999). Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies internationally, including Edexcel Anthology for English Language/London Examinations IGCSE, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse, The Forward Book of Poetry, Sisters of Caliban: Contemporary Women Poets of the Caribbean, Cultural Activism: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, Kingston Noir, Jubilation! Poems Celebrating 50 Years of Jamaican Independence, Mojo: Conjure Stories, Whispers from Under the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction, Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose, Essays, The Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together, and Home: An Imagined Landscape.[1] Douglas performs a one-woman show, Natural Herstory, which brings to life the strengths and struggles of women in contemporary Jamaica.[2] Her most recent novel, The Marvellous Equations of the Dread, has been praised by Vanity Fair as, "a whirlwind of a novel that sways to an irresistible beat."[3] Douglas is a professor of Caribbean Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Colorado Boulder.[4] Selected works
AwardsDouglas’s awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a U.K. Poetry Book Society Recommendation. The Marvellous Equations of the Dread was long-listed for the 2016 Republic of Consciousness Prize and the 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. References1. ^{{cite web |url= https://preelit.com/2018/04/08/woman-power-i-rising-from-the-page-in-conversation-with-marcia-douglas/#more-318 |title= Woman Power I-Rising from the Page: in Conversation with Marcia Douglas|website= Pree: Caribbean. Writing.|date=22 April 2018|access-date=7 June 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web |url= http://getboulder.com/writer-cu-professor-marcia-douglas/ |title= Writer and CU Professor Marcia Douglas helps others find their voice|website= Get Boulder|access-date=7 June 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2018/05/this-summers-best-foreign-books |title= These Are This Summer's Best Foreign Novels|website= Vanity Fair|date=25 May 2018|access-date=7 June 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |url= https://mosaicmagazine.org/marcia-douglas-interview/#.Wxl8u63MyCR |title= The Power to Multiply: an Interview with Marcia Douglas|website= Mosaic Magazine|date=27 April 2017|access-date=7 June 2018}} External links
22 : 1961 births|Living people|People from Kingston, Jamaica|American women novelists|Jamaican women novelists|English-language poets|American feminist writers|20th-century American novelists|21st-century American novelists|20th-century Jamaican novelists|21st-century Jamaican novelists|American women poets|Jamaican women poets|20th-century American poets|21st-century American poets|20th-century Jamaican poets|21st-century Jamaican poets|Ohio State University alumni|Binghamton University alumni|University of Colorado Boulder faculty|21st-century American women writers|20th-century American women writers |
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