From her first collection, I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1983), to her more recent work such as Picasso, I Want My Face Back (2009), she has uncovered with a disquieting lyricism and …

Grace Nichols is a contemporary Guyanese poet. Her first collection was published in 1983 titled, I is a Long-Memoried Woman. It won the Commonwealth Prize. She has published several …

Much of her poetry is characterised by Caribbean rhythms and culture, and influenced by Guyanese and Amerindian folklore. Her first collection of poetry, I is a Long-Memoried Woman …

Jan 28, 1983 · The collection of poems is divided into five sections, each an extended snapshot of the narrator’s life, and provides a view on slavery that cannot be delivered through a textbook, …

Nichols has been the recipient of several awards for her poetry, beginning with the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1983, for I is a Long Memoried Woman, and her work is on …

She writes for adults and children. Her first collection, “I is a Long-Memoried Woman” (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize: a book where a black woman evokes in the first person the …

Colour picture of gaudily dressed slave woman. Nichols says that slave women had no external power, and thus need to draw on inner resources, going back to African traditions such as magic.

The phrase "I is a long memoried woman" originates from Grace Nichols’ poetry, notably featured in her poem titled “I is a Long Memoried Woman.” This line serves as a declaration of enduring …

Books I is a Long-memoried Woman Grace Nichols Caribbean Cultural International, 1983 - Poetry - 80 pages

Nichols’ first poetry collection, i is a long memoried woman, explores the epic, historical and mythic journeying of African women, separated from their native cultures and transported to …