Ramabai Espinet
Biographic Data
| ID | 384365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramabai Espinet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramabai |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinet |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINET R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seneca Polytechnic |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-3318-4268 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“He Had a Sympathetic Understanding of Everybody”
In this interview the writer Ramabai Espinet converses with Nalini Mohabir and Ronald Cummings about her encounters with Samuel Selvon and with his writing across the years. Her memories range from her girlhood in San Fernando to memorial gatherings for Selvon in the diaspora. Through these accounts she maps an understanding of Selvon as part of his literary generation and traces his unique place in Trinidadian letters. What emerges is a deeply s…
Sam Selvon
This essay offers personal remembrance and reflection on Selvon and his work. It is in the style and mood of reminiscence with a sense of Selvon’s spirit haunting the page. The first five paragraphs function at the level of gossip in the best sense of the word, giving the underside, as it were, of the impulses and circumstances behind the writing. In paragraph number six, Moses Aloetta, Selvon’s narrative alter ego emerges, and the analysis start…
Talking Histories, Making Stories
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Creation Fire
Talking Histories, Making Stories
“He Had a Sympathetic Understanding of Everybody”
In this interview the writer Ramabai Espinet converses with Nalini Mohabir and Ronald Cummings about her encounters with Samuel Selvon and with his writing across the years. Her memories range from her girlhood in San Fernando to memorial gatherings for Selvon in the diaspora. Through these accounts she maps an understanding of Selvon as part of his literary generation and traces his unique place in Trinidadian letters. What emerges is a deeply s…
Sam Selvon
This essay offers personal remembrance and reflection on Selvon and his work. It is in the style and mood of reminiscence with a sense of Selvon’s spirit haunting the page. The first five paragraphs function at the level of gossip in the best sense of the word, giving the underside, as it were, of the impulses and circumstances behind the writing. In paragraph number six, Moses Aloetta, Selvon’s narrative alter ego emerges, and the analysis start…
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