Jamaica Kincaid and Tiphanie Yanique: Caribbean Feminisms on the Page

Distinguished writer Jamaica Kincaid, originally from Antigua, and debut novelist Tiphanie Yanique, who grew up in St. Thomas, come together with Barnard Associate Professor Kaiama L. Glover to discuss their experiences as women of color from the Caribbean, their thoughts on writing about the Caribbean region, and their engagement with gender and feminism in their writings.
Recorded on April 16, 2015 at Barnard College. Co-sponsored by the Barnard Center for Research on Women,
Barnard Africana Studies, Barnard CCIS, Barnard Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Columbia Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Small Axe, Columbia Greater Caribbean Studies Center, and Gender Studies at Eugene Lang College at The New School.
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[@41yearoldnewdriver]

Jamaica Kincaid is my model author too. My teacher recommended Jamaica Kincaid's books Lucy and Annie John to me when I took her Memoir class.

[@weirdho999_3]

I have a genuine question, as a Martinican: what is the place of the French West Indies in the caribbean feminisms/black feminisms discussion(s) ?

[@sikwoia]

I Loved this...thank you.