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In Dread Talk Velma Pollard describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing how it is distinct both from Creole and Standard English. She demonstrates that dread talk must be understood in terms of Jamaican social history, emphasizing its religious origins, its evolution as a language of social protest, and its spread around the world through the Reggae music of Bob Marley, Peter To...

We cannot see the beginnings or ends of our ways, but we can tell some of the stories of what happens over our way... stories about our friendships, our loneliness, our games, our crimes and our dreams.'Over Our Way is an anthology of gripping action-packed short stories written by authors from across the Caribbean. A glossary of terms and a note on each author are also given.

Shaped by Velma Pollard's sense of her Jamaican homeland's difficult history and unparalleled natural beauties, this poetry collection reaches the heart of Caribbean tragedy, both political and personal, without sentimentality, stridency, or loss of hope. With a finger on the pulse of change during the past four decades, these poems celebrate what is enduring through a conversational and thought-provoking female voice. Recording the experience...

Tone and emotion range wide.... Throughout, the poet's skillful use of language remains evident.

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This guide indicates the ways in which Jamaican Creole differs from Standard Jamaican English. It is organized into four sections: words that look alike but mean different thing, words that are different but mean the same things, grammatical structures that are different but convey the same information, and idiomatic Speech or writing.

Having developed a significant following among her fellow Jamaicans and in the wider Caribbean world, Velma Pollard seamlessly unites the personal and the political in her latest volume of poetry. Organized into three sections, the collection expresses underlying political concerns, such as the impact of global culture, the dangers of unobstructed American power, and the threat of Islamist opposition. The poems move beyond these problems, howe...

Combining two volumes of short stories, this compilation bridges the gap between the earlier pieces of the author's previous array and the various and rich prose of a more recent collection. Presenting pungently written tales that confront the controversial issues of rape, abuse, and unsupported pregnancy, this compendium displays an acutely sensitive consciousness of the consequences behind the passage of time.