jamaican authors

"This picture book biography tells the story of Miss Lou's early years, when she was a young girl who loved poetry but felt caught between writing 'lines of words like tight cornrows' or words that beat 'in time with her heart.' Despite criticism from one teacher, Louise finds a way to weave the influence of the music, voices, and rhythms of her surroundings into her poems"--Amazon.

The author, a Jamaican-born performance artist, describes the trials and challenges she has faced since birth, and details how she was raised by her grandmother, embraces her homosexuality, locates the man she believes is her estranged father, and more.