Caribbean Reading

Though I haven't made as systematic an attempt to cover every country in the Caribbean as I have with Africa, I have still managed to travel pretty widely. Below are some of my favorite titles. Haiti is a particular interest of mine, so the Haitian emphasis will be obvious. Links will bring you to my reviews.

1. Antigua A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid 2. Bimini Islands Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway 3. Cayman Islands Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen 4. Cuba Cuba and the Night by Pico Iyer Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard 5. Dominica The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid 6. Dominican Republic Yo! by Julia Alvarez The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

7. Haiti Best Nightmare on Earth by Herbert Gold Under the Bone by Anne-christine d'Adesky The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer In the Palm of Darkness by Mayra Montero Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston Divine Horsemen by Maya Deren Continental Drift by Russell Banks The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

8. Jamaica The Book of Jamaica by Russell Banks 9. Martinique Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn 10. St. Kitts Cambridge by Caryl Phillips 11. St. Lucia Omeros by Derek Walcott 12. Trinidad A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul 13. General Easy in the Islands by Bob Shacochis The Chosen Land, The Timeless People by Paule Marshall