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We are challenged to construct bridges to memory in search of our ancestral footprints.
How can I speak of myself? How
can I tell the stories that haunt my dreams and confront me in waking reality? How can I describe the exhilaration that surges
through my body; the joy that lifts my soul when I immerse myself in one of the ordinary rituals of my culture? Somewhere
between the Blue Mountains
and the vastness of the deep blue sea, my soul wanders in search of answers. Bridges to Memory is an assertion of these questions,
a small step along the pathway to finding answers. The poems are intended as an invitation to think deeply about ourselves
and our origins; children of the West Indies, living a life breathed in intensity and uncertainty.
In the aftermath of slavery and the tumult of this post colonial era, we are challenged to construct bridges to memory in
search of our ancestral footprints, those mile markers to anchor us and assert our place in this New
World. In excavating the past through poetry, I hope to unearth some of the intangible artifacts that will signify
the future, not just for me, but for others from the Diaspora as well.
Purchase a Copy of Bridges to Memory at:
Books & Books Coral Gables
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL
305-442-2208
Books & Books Cayman Bay
45 Market Street
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
345-640-2665
The Gift Shop
Historical Museum of South Florida
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida
305-375-1621
or call 954-551-7275; 305-249-0946
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