Word: kincaid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is the way Kincaid talks, a stream of easily flowing words that often ends in something unexpected, some striking statement...
Some of those phrases center on the relationship between mothers and daughters, a recurring theme in her writing. "I'm always suspicious of women who don't like children," Kincaid says. "I think they don't like themselves...
...typical of a childhood anywhere," Kincaid says. "I was miserable. A child is a powerless person. Powerless people are always miserable...
...Kincaid is a visiting lecturer in the Afro-American Studies Department on a campus that constantly grapples with issues of race and ethnicity. To many, her work may seem particularly timely and significant...
...Kincaid, who feels uneasy defining even herself, is uncomfortable with much of the language and rhetoric that often characterizes campus discussions on race...