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Jamaica Kincaid

May 30, 2019

Kincaid was born in the island of Antigua in 1949 and moved to the United States in 1966. She was a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine for several years, where her first prose works were published. Her short-story collection, At the Bottom of the River (1982), brought her immediate fame. Her first, pervasive novel, titled Annie John (1983) was followed by novels Lucy (1990), The Autobiography of My Mother (1996), and Mr. Potter (2002). She has been established as one of the most influential Caribbean essay writers thanks to A Small Place (1988) and My Brother (1999). These essays were followed by My Garden (1999), Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya (2005) and See Now Then (2013). Praised for her “unique and poignant voice” and her fierce integrity, Jamaica Kincaid offers the reader profound evocations of her island of birth and an intense exploration of the relationship between mothers and daughters. She is one of the most widely read and acclaimed Caribbean writers.