Synopsis "In This Breadfruit Kingdom: An Anthology of Jamaican Poetry"
In This Breadfruit Kingdom is an anthology of poems rooted in reflections on history, family, love, lust, memory, and identity. The poems move with ease across diverse rhythms, voice, attitude, and language. Here, new and exciting voices mingle with some of the best-known Jamaican poets, as well as poets from elsewhere who have lived on the island. The poems were selected by Mervyn Morris during his tenure as Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2014 - 2017). In This Breadfruit Kingdom includes poetry from Edward Baugh, Jacqueline Bishop, Stewart Brown, H.D. Carberry, Colin Channer, Afua Cooper, Christine Craig, Kwame Dawes, Lorna Goodison, Millicent Graham, Ishion Hutchinson, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ann-Margaret Lim, Hannah Lowe, Mbala, Shara McCallum, Kei Miller, Pamela Mordecai, Mutabaruka, Oku Onuora, Geoffrey Philp, Velma Pollard, Claudia Rankine, Dennis Scott, Olive Senior, Tanya Shirley, Andrew Stone and many others.
