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Black Media Journal
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....Ross's words flow from page to page bringing us ever-changing voices, stories and observations. It is
in his range that this storyteller is most impressive. Oddly stirring is his Chirren
a small touching slice of life that leaves a sweet, sad taste. Others, like the three excellent first person stories about the highly eccentric Ku-Kus are hysterically funny, written with the kind of uninhibited joy and confident use of dialect that shows off Ross at his very best.
He creates deeply layered, often surrealistic characters, who find themselves at odds with the society in which they live.
Ross's characters are truth-bringers, people who see the light through the layers of their community's superstition, fear and violence. And even if lives are lost in this struggle for truth,
there is a consistent sense of victory that turns the collection into a series of tales that echo with justice and triumph.
Review by Leone Ross (no relation) for Black Media Journal,
Spring 2000. Leone Ross is author of two novels, All the Blood is Red and Orange Laughter. She also lectures in Creative Writing. |
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The Jordan Yimes, Oct.
2000
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...Here in Amman at the British Council and at Darat Al Funun, Ross read a collection of his own short stories, most of which are addressed to the young.
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response to Ross's reading has been tremendous. Young people in particular have become involved in a vital dialogue on the craft of writing, on thel life of an exile, and on Ross's own work.
This is the first visit to the Middle East for the Caribbean author who is one of the outstanding young writers onthe contemporary Uk Literary scene. Jordan Times, Monday, October 9, 2000
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The Star, October 2000
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Caribbean writer Jacob Ross - The literature of identity
Jacob Ross is a product of the cultural movement that evolved
between 1979 and 1983....Full Article |
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