tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post7260516243351431801..comments2024-02-03T12:32:21.678-08:00Comments on Jack Mandora's: The View from Coyaba: Peter AbrahamsJ.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528069268393747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-25410920101747268102011-05-29T19:07:07.072-07:002011-05-29T19:07:07.072-07:00He said between 50,000 and 60,000 Arawaks (yes, he...He said between 50,000 and 60,000 Arawaks (yes, he didn't say Tainos).<br />I agree with you, an excellent book - I would love to know if the characters returned to Uganda and lived out their vision ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-42593078963638670972009-02-15T03:29:00.000-08:002009-02-15T03:29:00.000-08:00Dear Jack Mandora,I am trying to get permission to...Dear Jack Mandora,<BR/><BR/>I am trying to get permission to include a short story by Peter Abrahams in a anthology for grade 11 learners in South Africa. Can you possible help me with contact details for Peter Abrahams or his literary agent, please?<BR/><BR/>With thanks, HenrietteUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995954439652752104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-71304655465409599992008-08-13T06:48:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:48:00.000-07:00Yes Geoffery, that's a mantra I've heard from othe...Yes Geoffery, that's a mantra I've heard from other writers, and one I'm learning to sing; write the best you can, write for the love of it. <BR/><BR/>Walk Good.J.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528069268393747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-82668450666244989892008-08-13T03:51:00.000-07:002008-08-13T03:51:00.000-07:00Dear Jack Mandora,I will be very interested in you...Dear Jack Mandora,<BR/><BR/>I will be very interested in your statistical research because it will add another facet to the Caribbean diaspora.<BR/><BR/>As far as being recognized, I can tell you, that's a no win game. Really and truly, you write the best that you can write--as with a blog--and if people come by, they come by.<BR/><BR/>And if you have an audience of one--your mother--so be it. You've done the best that you can. I've really learned this the hard way: "Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy/ don't bury your thoughts/ put your dreams to reality"<BR/><BR/>That's all InI can do.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>GeoffreyGeoffrey Philphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442948340176713964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-63430905718375729472008-08-12T17:44:00.000-07:002008-08-12T17:44:00.000-07:00Thanks Geoffery. That list will definitely supplem...Thanks Geoffery. <BR/><BR/>That list will definitely supplement the one I've made. There are a few on there that I'd never heard of and which neither my google search nor my brain storm produced.<BR/><BR/>At first glance it seems like most of our writers lived outside of the Caribbean for a significant period of time. I am thinking that I will do some kind of statistical analysis of this(if only my high school math teachers could hear me now) . I remember Britain claiming George Lamming, saying he really wasn't West Indain grown, that it was Britain that made him. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure travel adds all sorts of dimensions to a person and therefore to the output. But I'm curious to know if Miss Ida who has lived no where else but Point Hill actually writes and actually gets recognized.J.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528069268393747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473573478104467483.post-9317607551301350502008-08-12T11:51:00.000-07:002008-08-12T11:51:00.000-07:00Dear Jack Mandora,I wish you all the best on this ...Dear Jack Mandora,<BR/><BR/>I wish you all the best on this project. <BR/><BR/>I tried a similar project but only with the names:<BR/><A HREF="http://geoffreyphilp.blogspot.com/2007/11/mileposts-caribbean-writers.html" REL="nofollow">Caribbean Writers</A><BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>GeoffreyGeoffrey Philphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442948340176713964noreply@blogger.com