Angelique ~ creative work

Aside from working endlessly in graduate school, I also write poetry and fiction. Along with my poetry, I have been working on a novel for some time, but with the preasures of my Ph.D. program, it is on hold for the moment. Currently, I spend most of my time on my scholarly work and graduate school activities. But I strive to make time for writing and revising my poems. I see writing as a powerful medium that has the ability to both inspire and create powerful change. My work as a writer, both creative and scholarly, are a major component of my activism. And I have a Blog - conscious vibration - which is a space for me to vent and be more public with my writing.

Readings and Publications

I have read my work at a variety of venues, including the Yari Yari Pamberi Conference for Black Women Writers in New York, the Native American Literature Symposium at the Shakopee Indian Reservation in Minnesota, as a Featured Artist for ThoughtKatcher's Variety Show in Nassau, Bahamas, and at the Jazz Series for the Junkanoo Summer Festival in Nassau, Bahamas, among others.

Three of my poems are published in Julie Mango: International Online Journal of Creative Expressions; and
Five pieces are published in ProudFlesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics, and Consciousness.

Other pieces will be published soon in Journal of Caribbean Literatures, and in Erotique Caribbean, an Anthology of Caribbean Erotica edited by Opal Palmer Adisa. As I send out my poems for review and possible publication, I am also in search of a publisher for my collection of poetry titled Mud Woman.

My Collection of Poetry

I describe my book as engaging in the multiple voices and complex histories that exist within the Caribbean. I focus on my home in The Bahamas and the people who live there, specifically dealing with the complicated issues of race, class, gender, identity, sexuality, and cultural cannibalism. In dealing with political and social realms of existence, I carve spaces that encompass new kinds of voices, black voices, mixed-race voices, and voices of color. Moreover, I would describe my book as an Afro-Caribbean woman's journey into self, healing, the weight of history - personal and public - as well as the politics of everyday.

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