Geoffrey Philp
Autor(a) de Benjamin, My Son
About the Author
Image credit: Nadezka Ferro-Philp
Obras por Geoffrey Philp
Associated Works
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of Prose) (1999) — Contribuidor — 93 exemplares
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (2000) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares
Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop (2006) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Philp, Geoffrey
- Data de nascimento
- 1958-03-14
- Sexo
- male
- Educação
- University of Miami
- Ocupações
- Professor of English, Miami Dade College
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Arts Council, an artist-in-residence at the Seaside Institute, Sauza "Stay Pure" Award, Canute Brodhurst Prize, Daily News Prize, and James Michener fellowships
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Geoffrey Philp (born March 14, 1958) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of the novel, Benjamin, My Son and five poetry collections: Exodus and Other Poems, hurricane center, Florida Bound, xango music, and Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas. He has also written a book of short stories, Uncle Obadiah and the Alien; a play, Ogun's Last Stand, and a children's book, Grandpa Sydney's Anancy Stories.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 31
- Popularidade
- #440,253
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 12
I was familiar with the Anancy story already from reading West Indian Folk Tales by Philip Sherlock, but really liked the way it was combined with a contemporary story. It would make it more relevant to a child today, and may even spark a love of traditional folk tales. The writing is excellent, and though it deals with a serious subject it is entertaining and not at all preachy.
The illustrations in the book were really good even on my black-and-white Kindle, so I imagine they'd be great in the paper copy. I'd recommend this as a book that could be read aloud to very young children, or that older children could read by themselves and discover some important lessons about how to deal with bullies.… (mais)