Black and Asian British Poets

This select list is intended as an introduction to Library resources and websites. To locate works relating to these poets please check the library catalogue or ask the staff for help. Lending copies can be requested at any Community Library, at the Central Library or through the online catalogue.

If you are visiting BirminghamLibraries, copies of the list can be obtained from Arts, Languages and Literature, Floor 3, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ and via your local Community Library.

It is hoped that the list will encourage and stimulate interest in these poets and their works.

Please note ALL (Arts, Language and Literature) material can only be used in the Library.

Anthologies

AGARD, John ed.
A Caribbean dozen, a collection of poems
ALL 811.008 Starting Point
Lending copies available

BERRY, James ed.
News for Babylon: the Chatto book of Westindian-British Poetry.
ALL 828.997290108 BER
Lending copies available

DAWES, Kwame
Wheel and Come Again
ALL 828.997290108
Lending copies available

DHONDY, Farrukh
Ranters, ravers and rhymes: poems by Black and Asian Poets
ALL 821.9108 Starting Point
Lending copies available

FRANCE, Linda ed.
Sixty women poets.
ALL 821.00809287

HABEKOST, Christian ed.
Dub poetry: nineteen poets from England and Jamaica.
ALL 828.997290108 HAB
Lending copies available

HOYLES, Asher
Moving voices - black performance poetry
ALL 821.9108 HOY
Lending copies available

McCARTHY, Karen
Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women's Poetry
ALL 821.00809287
Lending copies available

SISSAY, Lemn
Fire People: a collection of contemporary black british poets
ALL 821.0080896041
Lending copies available

Aaghee (2000)
Write track: bilingual prose and poetry by Asian women writers in Birmingham
ALL 820.809287
Lending copies available

ARTISTE, Cindy ed.
Black and priceless, the power of black ink
ALL 820.809287 ART
Lending copies available

BENSON, Eugene & CONOLLY, L. W. eds. (1994)
Encyclopedia of post-colonial literature in English 2 vols.
ALL K828.990903

BROCK, Edwin ed. (1966)
PENGUIN Modern Poets Vol. 8
ALL A821.91408 PEN

CHATTERJEE, Debjani ed. (2000)
The Redbeck anthology of British South Asia poetry.
ALL 821.920808914 CHA
Lending copies available

CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS. 2000
ALL BQ 928

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTRE
including Contemporary Authors
(now available on home, college and office computers if you have a library card)

DABYDEEN, David (1988, 1997)
A readers guide to Westindian and black British Literature
ALL 828.9972909 DAB
Lending copies available

DENNIS, Ferdinand & KHAN, Naseem eds. (2000)
Voices of the crossing, the impact of Britain on writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa
ALL 828.995 DEN
Lending copies available

DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
Vols 117, 125, 157
ALL BQ 810.3 DIC

GUPTARA, Prabhu (1986)
Black British Literature; an annotated bibliography.
ALL A013.03

NEWLAND, Courttia ed. (2000)
1C3: Penguin book of new Black British writing.
Lending copies available

OWUSU, Kwesi (2000)
Black British culture and society: a text reader.
Lending copies available

PROCTER, James ed. (2000)
Writing Black Britain1948-98: an interdisciplinary anthology.
ALL 820.80896041 PRO
Lending copies available

RUTHERFORD, Anna ed. (1992)
From Commonwealth to post-colonial.
ALL 828.9909 RUT

SLEMON, Stephen & TIFFIN, Helen eds. (1989)
After Europe: critical theory and post-colonial writing.
ALL 801.95 SLE

SLIVERS (1997)
An anthology of South Asian poetry in Britain.Lending copies available
ALL 821.920808914 SLI

Articles

Black and Asian British Poets information file.
Copies of these articles are available for use in the Library.
ALL 821.008 BLA

BINTA BREEZE, Jean ed.
Word Sound Power
Critical Quarterly, Vol 38 No. 4 Winter 1996
ALL B820.5

Mangoes, rice and peas: poetry from South Asia and the Caribbean
Poetry Review, Winter 2000/2001, vol. 90, No. 4
ALL B 808.1

RAMEY, Lauri (1998)
Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women's Poetry
from Ishmael Reed's Konch magazine
www.ishmaelreedpub.com/articles/ramey.html

WRIGHT, C
Anansis transformations
Poetry Review, Autumn 2000
ALL BQ 808.1

Periodicals

WASAFIRI perspectives on African, Caribbean,
Asian and Black British literature
ALL BQ 820.80996

Special Editions:No. 26 Autumn 1997 + No. 29 Spring 1999

Websites

BBC Education-Windrush
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/windrush_01.shtml

London Libraries Recommended, Black Poets Ink - a selection of poetry chosen by London Librarians to give you a flavour of published and performance verse by Black writers.
www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llr/bpi