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Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson , 25 May 1949 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an American novelist, gardener, and gardening writer. She lives with her family in North Be...
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Biography, list of major themes, suggested readings, and links. ... Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua. She lived with her stepfather, a carpenter, and her mother until 1965 when she was sent to Westchester, New York to work as an au pair.
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www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Kincaid.html
www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Kincaid.html
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Jamaica Kincaid -- tall, striking, clear-eyed -- turns heads when she strides into the lobby of New York's swank Royalton Hotel one chilly day in mid-December. It's not that she is trying very hard, dressed comfortably as she is in rumpled khakis, green blazer, and a mustard-colored bandana.
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www.salon.com/05/features/kincaid.html
www.salon.com/05/features/kincaid.html
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Heard about a competition on the radio? Want to make a request to one of our programmes? ... Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richardson in St John's, Antigua in May 1949. ... She changed her name from Elaine Potter Richardson to Jamaica Kincaid - partly so that the people of Antigua wouldn't know she was writing.
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www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/womenwriters/k...
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/womenwriters/kincaid_life.shtml
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www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/kincaid/kincaidov.htm...
www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/kincaid/kincaidov.html
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A Brief Biography of Jamaica Kincaid ... Jamaica Kincaid's twisted quest for self began with her May 25, 1949 birth in Antigua. She was then christened Elaine Potter Richardson, but when she fled the island at the age of seventeen, she left her family as well as her name behind and entered North America as Jamaica Kincaid.
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www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/kincaid/bio.html
www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/kincaid/bio.html
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Jamaica Kincaid beautifully delineates hatred and fear, because she knows they are often a step away from love and obsession. At the start of Annie John, her 10-year-old heroine is engulfed in family happiness and safety.
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www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/caribbean/Kincaid.html
www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/caribbean/Kincaid.html
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Jamaica Kincaid biography, including 9 pages of information on the life of Jamaica Kincaid. ... Encyclopedia of World Biography on Jamaica Kincaid...
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www.bookrags.com/biography/jamaica-kincaid/
www.bookrags.com/biography/jamaica-kincaid/
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