List of reviews

List of reviews for Bernardine Evaristo

To see any of reviews listed below, click on the underlined link on the review title.


Joan Anim-Addo  'Interview with Bernardine Evaristo'  Mango Season
Interview focusing on Evaristo’s status as a black female writer, and the practical problems inherent in this, with some biographical details

Paula Burnett  'Occasional Skeletons': Island of Abraham  Poetry Review
Comparative review of two black women writers (Evaristo and Olive Senior). Points to Evaristo’s unique female British dialogue with African roots (e.g. Amazonian myth)

Olatoun Williams  'A reconciliation of cultural polarities': Island of Abraham  West Africa
Review praising Evaristo's communication of 'bi-cultural phenomena' through a dialectic with African past

Kadija George  Bernadine Evaristo: Island of Abraham 
Review detailing several poems that deal with a complex native/alien relationship with Africa

Chris Searle  'Powerful works of fiction': Island of Abraham  Morning Star
Review focusing on aspects of Evaristo’s poetry that trace routes back to Africa

Amma Nkrumah  Bernadine Evaristo - Island of Abraham  The Weekly Journal
Brief review summarising main themes