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Author: Austin Clarke
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May 1997
Only the Language Laughs
by Ted Whittaker
Near the end of a 1966 essay reprinted in this reader ("Harrison College and Me"), Austin Clarke admits that, for him, his youthful achievements could not validly be collectively recognizable. "I understand now.why I did compete in individual sports. Read more...
| Dec 2004
A Review of: Love and Sweet Food: A Culinary Memoir
by Brian Fawcett
Austin Clarke's Love and Sweet Food is actually a reprint of a book
Clarke published with Random House about five years ago under the
title of Pigtails n Breadfruit. The subject is the food he ate and
learned to cook while he was growing up in Barbados. It's a shame the
book was underdistributed the first time around because it's a great
read, and Clarke knows what he's talking about. It's as much a work of
cultural analysis as it is a cookbook, although the recipes are all
there, and they're not hard to follow despite Clarke's charming if
occasionally annoying use of dialect.
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