The University of the Virgin
Islands is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Opal Palmer
Adisa as the new editor of The Caribbean Writer, an award-winning
anthology published annually under the Research and Public Service
component of the University. Her appointment will begin in January
2010.
Dr. Henry Smith, Vice Provost of the Research and Public Service
component, said that "UVI is very pleased to welcome Dr. Adisa and
has every confidence that her being on the staff will add immensely
to the growth and reach of The Caribbean Writer."
Jamaican born, Dr. Adisa is a poet and prose writer who also brings
extensive editorial experience to the anthology. She has published
14 books, and her writings have appeared in over 200 journals and
anthologies. She is also a much sought-after speaker and has
traveled throughout the United States, Europe, South America and
the Caribbean.
She has been recognized for her work in the form of many awards and
honors, among them the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
for her poetry collection Tamarind and Mango Women and the Master
Folk Artist Award for Storytelling from the California Arts
Council. She has also received awards for both poetry and fiction
from The Caribbean Writer and has served as an Advisory Board
member of The Caribbean Writer since 1998. Her interview with
renowned poet Kamau Brathwaite appears in Volume 23 (2009).
Dr. Adisa, who has a doctorate from the University of California at
Berkeley, most recently was a professor at California College of
the Arts. She previously taught both graduate and undergraduate
courses at several universities including Stanford University,
University of California, Berkley and San Francisco State
University.
Dr. Adisa will also serve as a Humanities and Social Sciences
faculty member at UVI, teaching two courses in the spring
semester.
Dr. Adisa's editorship will begin with the 24th edition of The
Caribbean Writer, to which submissions are currently being
accepted. As usual, the Caribbean should be central to the work, or
the work should reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience or
perspective. Besides poetry, fiction, essays and one-act plays,
special sections are planned on Trevor Rhone and Wayne Brown. The
deadline for submissions has been extended to December 31,
2009.
Submissions should be mailed to The Caribbean Writer, University of
the Virgin Islands, RR 1, Box 10,000, Kingshill St. Croix, VI
00850-9781 or submited electronically to submit@thecaribbeanwriter.org.
Electronic submissions should be sent as attached Microsoft Word or
RTF documents. Please do not include submissions in body of email.
For more information, please visit www.TheCaribbeanWriter.org
or call (340) 692-4152.
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