New Book Launch
Bridges to Memory-Poems by Marva McClean
· In Bridges to Memory, Jamaican Author Explores Connection between
History and Culture; Memory and the Imagination.
The book is published by the Caribbean American Commentary Newspaper.
McClean notes that the work is intended to provoke readers to reflect on
those personal and public experiences that have shaped developments in their
lives and given voice to their identity.
According to the author, the poems are intended as an invitation to think
deeply about ourselves and our origins. She comments, "In the aftermath of
slavery and the tumult of this post colonial era, we are challenged to
construct bridges to memory in search of our ancestral footprints, those
mile markers to anchor us and assert our place in this New World. In
excavating the past through poetry, I hope to unearth some of the intangible
artifacts that will signify the future, not just for me, but for others from
the Diaspora as well."
Dr. Marva McClean is a Jamaican born educator and writer who explores issues
of ancestral heredity and the inherent tensions in the creative journey of a
woman of color in the Americas. She is currently researching and writing
about the emancipatory position Ashanti warrior, Nanny of the Maroons
occupies in the West Indian ideology of resistance, struggle, and
empowerment.
For further information Visit bridgestomemory.com
Caribbean Commentary Newspaper
3200 Inverary Boulevard
Lauderhill, FL 33319
Diaspora Vibe Gallery
3938 North Miami Avenue
Miami Design District
Miami, Florida 33127
Diasporavibe.com
Sincerely, Marvalous
Culture
Culture
Culture is the river of words on whose current I swim, my life guard against
drowning.
Bridges to Memory by Marva McClean Copyright 2007
Dr. Marva McClean
Educational Consultant and Author
954-551-7275
Educational Consultant and Writer
954-551-7275
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Subject: Re: Trade and Empire Exhibition: Manchester June 15 etc.
> Dear All, hope you can come to my exhibition opening in Manchester -
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> Captured Africans and other goodies - please see
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> Radical Narratives of the Black Atlantic (Continuum, 2003)
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