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Jamaica Kincaid

The Disturbances of the Garden

In the garden, one performs the act of possessing.

Homemaking

Moving into the perfect house—and sharing it with the memories of the family who lived there before.

In Roseau

Putting Myself Together

Somehow, the writer, and her favorite hat, survived the heady days and nights of youth.

Lucy

“I had begun to see the past like this: there is a line; you can draw it yourself, or sometimes it gets drawn for you.”

Cold Heart

The Tongue

Mariah

The Disturbances of the Garden

In the garden, one performs the act of possessing.

Homemaking

Moving into the perfect house—and sharing it with the memories of the family who lived there before.

In Roseau

Putting Myself Together

Somehow, the writer, and her favorite hat, survived the heady days and nights of youth.

Lucy

“I had begun to see the past like this: there is a line; you can draw it yourself, or sometimes it gets drawn for you.”

Cold Heart

The Tongue

Mariah