Grace Nichols
Teacher Resource File

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Biography

Grace Nichols
Young readers interview their favorite author.
An Interview with Grace Nichols
Space down for interview;
from the poetry society (UK)

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Lesson Plans

National Poetry Day 2001. Activities
Text & analysis of poem ""Out of Africa"; secondary level;
from The Poetry Society (UK)
Poems From Other Cultures
Includes "Hurricane Hits England" with lesson plans;
page includes other poems; from BBC
Steps Toward Writing Poetry
Curriculum unit by Pearl Mitchell from Yale -New Haven Lesson Plans.
Includes Caribbean literature; poetry and language arts, grades 4-6.
Uses Coconut Kind of Day.
Jackdaw/Book Talk : The Caribbean
Contemporary Black Women Poets - Negotiating Identity
Black women poets; from English Resources

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Awards / Criticism

The Signal Poetry Award
Highly commended; Come on into My Tropical
Garden, 1989
Poems from Other Cultures and Traditions
Includes comments on aspects of Nichols' poetry

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Online Etexts

"Like a Beacon"
From Irish Poetry
"The Body Reclining"
From The Wandering Minstrels, Rice University
"Shostakovich (Tate Gallery)
pdf file; For Aubrey Williams, Guyanese artist;
from Brunel University
Beauty Is What You Make It
ppt. file; impressions of work by various writers and
artists; includes text of "Without Song"
Thoughts drifting through the fat black woman's head while having a full bubble bath...
From English Resources
Of Course When They Ask for Poems About the 'Realities' of Black Women
From English Resources

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