1984
Abeng (Michelle Cliff)
A lyrical coming-of-age story and an essential retelling of the colonial history of Jamaica.
Michelle Cliff
Michelle Cliff (1946-2016) was a Jamaican writer, author of Abeng and No Telephone to Heaven. The New York Times obituary identified her as ‘a light-skinned black lesbian,’ and scholarship treats lesbianism as her stated identity stance.
Career
Writer
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
Jamaican
Additional Languages
English
Pronouns
She/Her
About
- Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
- Jamaican
- Pronouns
- She/Her
- Location
- Jamaica
- Additional Languages
- English