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28962836. Crossing the River is a historical novel by British author Caryl Phillips, published in 1993. The Village Voice calls it "a fearless reimagining of the geography and meaning of the African diaspora ." The Boston Globe said, " Crossing the River bears eloquently chastened testimony to the shattering of black lives."
Caryl Phillips (born 13 March 1958) is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels (for which he has won multiple awards), Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in, and searching exploration of, the experiences of peoples of the African diaspora in England, the Caribbean and the ...
The Atlantic Sound is a 2000 travel book by Caryl Phillips.It was published in the UK by Faber and Faber and in the US by Knopf.In the words of the Publishers Weekly review: "Journeys, as forces of spiritual and cultural transformation, bind this trio of nonfiction narratives, which explores the legacy of slavery in each of the three major points of the transatlantic slave trade."
The Final Passage is Caryl Phillips 's debut novel. First published in 1985, it is about the Caribbean diaspora exemplified in the lives of a young family from a small island of the British West Indies who decide to join the 1950s exodus to the mother country. They arrive in London full of hope, but their hopes are thwarted while new challenges ...
The bears that have been documented crossing the river in recent years are involved in studies of bear behavior in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were captured and outfitted with ear tags and GPS ...
The European Tribe is the first book of essays by Caryl Phillips, published in 1987 (in the UK by Faber and Faber and in the US by Farrar, Straus & Giroux).Characterised by Andrea Lee in The New York Times as "part travelogue, part cri de coeur", the collection chronicles the author's journey through multiracial Europe of the 1980s, "guided by a moral compass rather than a map" and "seeking ...
Coordinates: 40°18′0″N 74°52′24″W. George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. Washington Crossing the Delaware, an 1851 portrait by Emanuel Leutze depicting Washington and Continental Army troops crossing the river prior to the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26, 1776. Date. Night of December 25–26, 1776.
The new CW show 'Sullivan's Crossing' stars Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson. Keep on reading to learn where to watch and stream the series.