Much of the appeal of these poems is that of a keenly observant eye and a quietly-toned, easy voice, working with wry humour, sometimes a satiric edge, as they revise taken-for-granted positions. These qualities work most memorably in the poems that speak for women, their point of view and self-affirmation, a strength passed down through generations. In some of the poems, the central idea is grounded in details that memorably evoke Jamaican folk-customs and lifestyle. Edward Baugh Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies, Mona A celebration of Caribbean voice, lore and landscape, Ramsay's poems run a wide gamut of emotions and experiences; populated mostly by women, they weave a lyrical tapestry of compelling tales about love, loss and triumphs. Carol Bailey, PhD Assistant Professor, Westfield State University Star Apple Blue and Avocado Green is a stirring collection of poetry paying tribute to the greatest attributes of life's journey from a Caribbean, moreso Jamaican, perspective. Divided into 4 sections - Closing Doors, Speaking in Halves, Mama's Handbag and Caribbean Global - the 62 poems in this collection call to mind the experiences of us all.

Star Apple Blue and Avocado Green: Poems by Paulette A. Ramsay

Literature & Fiction

Ramsay, Paulette A.

Poetry

Ian Randle Publishers

Paulette Ramsay’s study analyses cultural and literary material produced by Afro-Mexicans on the Costa Chica de Guerrero y Oaxaca, Mexico, to undermine and overturn claims of mestizaje or Mexican homogeneity. The interdisciplinary research draws on several theoretical constructs: cultural studies, linguistic anthropology, masculinity studies, gender studies, feminist criticisms, and broad postcolonial and postmodernist theories, especially as they relate to issues of belonging, diaspora, cultural identity, gender, marginalization, subjectivity and nationhood. The author points to the need to bring to an end all attempts at extending the discourse, whether for political or other reasons, that there are no identifiable Afro-descendants in Mexico. The undeniable existence of distinctively black Mexicans and their contributions to Mexican multiculturalism is patently recorded in these pages. The analyses also aid the agenda of locating Afro-Mexican literary and cultural production within a broad Caribbean aesthetics, contributing to the expansion of the Caribbean as a broader cultural and historical space which includes Central and Latin America.

Afro-Mexican Constructions of Diaspora, Gender, Identity and Nation

History & Criticism

University Press of the West Indies

This Thing That Is Not a Thing says a lot with little. Economy of words in fine, colourful form, these poems by Paulette A. Ramsay prompt the reader to question human perception - ways of seeing the world and ways people view each other. Weaving the everyday with the extraordinary, heaviness of heart with humour, grief and gratitude, This Thing That Is Not a Thing centres absence - absence of voice, of persons, of trust and affection - showing how silence, in particular, shapes experience and expression.

This Thing That is Not a Thing

Canoe Press

These revised practice papers are designed to prepare students for Paper 11 of the CSEC Spanish Examination as well as the listening Comprehension section of Paper 1. It adresses the changes which became effective in 2007. As such, it includes many excercises on Contextual Advertisements and new Situations (Directed Writing) have been added. All the exercises are original.

Practice Papers for CXC (CSEC) Spanish (Spanish Edition)

Bankay, Anne-Maria

LMH Publishers

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Star Apple Blue and Avocado Green: Poems by Paulette A. Ramsay

Afro-Mexican Constructions of Diaspora, Gender, Identity and Nation

This Thing That is Not a Thing

Practice Papers for CXC (CSEC) Spanish (Spanish Edition)