Jamaican Authors: Pamela Mordecai
Jamaican novelists such as Lorna Goodison, Colin Channer, Olive Senior, Pamela Mordecai write on universal subjects.
Some write with hilarity, while others are entirely serious in their portrayal of their characters and their discussion of their topic.
Pamela Mordecai is a Jamaican writer, better recognized for her poetry and short stories. Pamela Mordecai is the writer of ‘Pink Icing and Other Stories’.
She is also known as a literary reviewer and playwright. One of her plays, “El Numero Uno or the Pig from Lopinot” was commissioned by The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People located in Toronto, Canada.
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Pamela Mordecai is active amongst Caribbean writers and has published a number of anthologies of Caribbean writing. She has also published several non-fiction books, including textbooks. She and her sister Betty were responsible for preparing the foundational text on Caribbean women’s writing, Her True-True Name for publication.
Her True-True name contains work written by over 30 different Caribbean female poets and writers.
As a poet, she is one of several other Jamaican poets who have been requested to perform their poetry at the well-known Woodstock Poetry Festival in New York. Kwame Dawes and Professor Edward Baugh are some of the other Jamaican poets who have been invited to join other international poets and do performances of their poetry at the Woodstock Poetry Festival.
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She was born in Jamaica and first started writing when she was nine. To date, she has published over 28 books. She and her husband created the publishing house The Sandberry Press, which is located in Canada, where she currently lives.
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August 31st, 2011 at 5:51 pm
She is not popular in my country, but I will try to find something from her and give it a shot.
Thanks for the share!
August 31st, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Sounds like a wonderful poetry fest.
August 31st, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Not someone that I’m familiar with but sounds interesting.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:54 pm
You’re welcome Neo. I read her work when I was a child and enjoyed it. She’s a good writer.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:55 pm
@Tulan
I would like to go to Woodstock and participate sometime.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:56 pm
@Mega
September 1st, 2011 at 12:29 am
nice work thanks for the awesome article
September 1st, 2011 at 9:48 am
Nice piece. I’ll reference this when I go to the bookstore.
Thanks,
Clay
September 1st, 2011 at 10:28 pm
You’re welcome.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:29 pm
You’re welcome Dreamy.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:07 am
A success story,a very talented person.
September 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 am
will check out. thanks for sharing
September 2nd, 2011 at 4:43 am
Never heard of her. Thanks for info.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 am
You’re welcome
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:01 am
You’re welcome Sunj
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:07 am
Hi Wonder,
She is.
September 2nd, 2011 at 6:22 pm
I don’t recognize the name but I’ll look for her at the library.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Great share.
September 4th, 2011 at 5:38 am
Will look for some samples of her poetry. I hope they’re available online. Thanks for this information, Sharifa.
September 4th, 2011 at 5:43 am
Found her site. Thanks again.
September 4th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Thanks for the share.
September 7th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Thanks for this Sharifa,I’ve known another great author because of your artticle.
September 10th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Excellent post my friend I shall book mark this and digest your page cheers for this Sharifa
September 11th, 2011 at 9:36 am
You’re welcome Rhodora.
September 11th, 2011 at 9:38 am
Cheers Matt
September 11th, 2011 at 9:39 am
You’re welcome Marco.
September 11th, 2011 at 9:44 am
You should be able to find some of her work Ruby.
September 11th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Thanks J.R.