Place and Identity in Grace Nichols and Linton Kwesi Johnson

English 245
Paper 4 Assignment
40 points
Due 16 December
Read Linton Kwesi Johnson’s “Inglan Is a Bitch” and Grace Nichols’s “Epilogue,” “The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping,” and “Wherever I Hang.” (pp. 882-887)
Compare and contrast what these two writers say about the relationship between place and self.
You may use your own experiences—you don’t have to be from British Guiana or Jamaica though! —to support your points if you wish.
You may also wish to use our text to put these writers in context.

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