Fiction. Asian American Studies. From the South Asian-Carribean-Canadian author of the acclaimed BLACK JESUS AND OTHER STORIES comes this new collection, in which Cyril Dabydeen traces his ancestry to the Indian subcontinent where his forefathers originally came from. Dabydeen's narratives often contain the lyrical consolidations of images that are the mark of a poet.

Author City: Ottawa, ON CAN

Cyril Dabydeen is the editor of BEYOND SANGRE GRANDE: CARIBBEAN WRITING TODAY (TSAR Publications), A Shapely Fire: Changing the Literary Landscape (Mosaic Press), and ANOTHER WAY TO DANCE: CONTEMPORARY ASIAN POETRY FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (TSAR Publications). His work has appeared in the Oxford, Penguin and Heinemann Books of Caribbean Verse, and in over 60 literary magazines worldwide. A former Poet Laureate of Ottawa, his last novel DRUMS OF MY FLESH (TSAR Publications) won the Guyana Prize for Best Book of Fiction and was nominated for the prestigious IMPAC/Dublin Literary Prize. He is the recipient of the 2010 Guyana Lifetime Achievement Award. He teaches at the University of Ottawa.