Putting Myself Together, 9781035036103
Hardcover
Five decades of fearless essays from a singular literary voice.
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Putting Myself Together

writing 1974–

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  • Hardcover

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2025

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Summary

Putting Myself Together: Essays by Jamaica Kincaid

A blazing collection that spans more than five decades of Jamaica Kincaid’s writing.

From Muhammad Ali, Diana Ross, gardening and motherhood, to colonialism and the act of writing, Putting Myself Together shows how this witty and fearless writer became one of the most remarkable and influential voices of a generation.

Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richardson in Antigua in 1949. She has always been h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035036103
ISBN-10:103503610X
Author:Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:15 December 2025
Weight:440g
Dimensions:224mm x 145mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer’ – Susan Sontag‘What a writer – elegant, uncompromising, simultaneously direct and layered and complex’ – Ali Smith, author of Gliff‘I’ve read everything by Jamaica Kincaid, and I’ve still never read anyone like her. If you are new to Kincaid, I envy you’ – Jackie Kay, author of May Day‘Both a daughter of Brontë and Woolf and her own inimitable self’ – The Wall Street Journal

About The Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John’s, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She lives with her family in Vermont.

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