Cliff Lashley
Cliff Lashley (1935 – February 1993) was a Jamaican poet and educator. His work appeared in publications including New World Journal,[1] Black Images,[2] and Cotopaxi.[3]
Lashley was murdered in February 1993. In his memory the poet Velma Pollard wrote "for the gentleman of the waterfront".[4][5] The economist Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson wrote "Three Diamonds in the Sky" in memory of Lashley, George Beckford and opinion pollster Carl Stone.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Norman Girvan, "Introduction to the New World", New World Journal.
- ^ Peter James Hudson, "Black Images – An Essay", Chimurenga Chronic, July 2008.
- ^ David Austin, "The gentle revolutionary: Jan Carew at 90", Stabroek News, 27 September 2010.
- ^ "for the gentleman of the waterfront (feby, 13, 1993)", The Caribbean Writer, Volume 7, 1993.
- ^ Daryl Cumber Dance, A Conversation with Velma Pollard, CLA Journal 47, no. 3 (March 2004), pp. 294–97.
- ^ "Three Diamonds in the Sky", in Marvin E. Williams (ed.), Seasoning for the Mortar: Virgin Islanders Writing in The Caribbean Writer Volumes 1 – 15, Research Publications Unit, University of the Virgin Islands, 2004, 78–80.
External links[edit]
- Cliff Lashley at New World Journal.