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Lucy's Letter Inscribed to Roberto Marquez
197585005London: Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute 1975. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.75cm; mimeographed sheets stapled into pink card wrappers printed in black; 23-32pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "Roberto Marquez / with best wishes / July 27 1976 / James Berry / 108 Stanford Avenue / Brighton / Sussex England." <br /> <br /> Early collection of verse by the Jamaican poet who migrated to the UK in 1948. He was known for being one of the earliest writers to integrate Jamaican vernacular in his poetry. The title poem is written in the voice of Lucy a Jamaican woman newly arrived in London and missing Jamaica and many of the poems represented here share the perspective of Jamaican migrants in English society. A nice inscription to Marquez who at the time was founder and editor of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. Uncommon; OCLC notes a single holding at Cambridge. 85005. Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute unknown
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