PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n***Book Reviews:Times Literary Supplement, The Ottawa Citizen, The Montreal <\/span><\/p>\nGazette, Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail<\/span><\/p>\n***Freelance editor Heinemann <\/em>Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\nIan Randle <\/span><\/em>Publishing (Jamaica)<\/span><\/p>\n***Bertha Lebus Lecturer in Literature, The University of Illinois , Chicago<\/span><\/p>\nDepartment of English. (Chicago, Ill. 1998, 1999)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guest Writer Miami Book fair International (1997)<\/span><\/h1>\n***Guest Writer Winnipeg Writers\u2019 Festival (2000)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guest Lecture Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY(2000)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guest Lecture Bentley College,Massachusetts, (2000)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guest Writer Mind\u2019s Eye, Sadie Bronfman Centre for the Arts 2001<\/span><\/h1>\n***<\/span><\/strong>World Literacy of Canada, Guest Writer ( March 2002)<\/span><\/h1>\n***Einstein Forum, Guest Lecture at Conference \u201cMoral Sense and Literary<\/span><\/p>\nSensibility\u201d(July 2002)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guest Speaker \u201cThe role of literature in shaping Caribbean Civilization\u201d,<\/span><\/p>\nCropper Foundation Conference, Trinidad 2002<\/span><\/p>\n*** \u201cThoughts on writing from exile\u201d Literary essay Small Axe Review, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n*** Freelance Non-Fiction Creative writing mentor \u2013 (2002 to present)<\/span><\/p>\nFELLOWSHIPS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n***The Mary Ingraham Bunting Fellowship (Literature) Radcliffe College, Harvard<\/span><\/p>\nUniversity, Cambridge, Ma. (1998-1999)<\/span><\/h1>\n***Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship, Sweet Briar, VA(2000)<\/span><\/h1>\n***Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy, (2000)<\/span><\/p>\n***Pierre Berton Fellowship \u2013 Yukon, Canada (summer 2001)<\/span><\/p>\n***Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (Aug 2001-Jul 2002)<\/span><\/p>\n***<\/span><\/strong>New York Public Library\u2019s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for<\/span><\/h1>\nScholars and Writers Fellowship (2003-2004) <\/span><\/h1>\n**<\/span><\/strong>* Hawthornden castle, Edinburgh Scotland, Writer\u2019s Fellowship (deferred<\/span><\/h1>\nSummer 2007)<\/span><\/h1>\n2<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nAWARDS<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n***1997 Governor General’s Award for Literature (Canada) for\u201cDrumblair: Memories ofJamaican Childhood\u201d,Alfred Knopf, Toronto.<\/span><\/p>\n***The Jamaica Centennial Medal for Poetry<\/span><\/p>\nPUBLICATIONS<\/span><\/h2>\nTHE APPLE STRUDLE TREE (<\/span><\/strong>A memoir \u2026 Key Porter Books 2010)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nPIECE BY PIECE <\/span><\/strong>(Penguin anthology contributor) March 2010<\/span><\/p>\nHORSES IN HER HAIR <\/span><\/strong>(memoir \u2013 Key porter Books 2008)<\/span><\/p>\nTHE FIRST MAN \u2013 <\/span><\/strong>Penguin anthology contributor (May 2007)<\/span><\/p>\nSLIPSTREAM: A DAUGHTER REMEMBERS <\/span><\/strong>(Alfred Knopf Canada, 2000)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nDRUMBLAIR: MEMORIES OF A JAMAICAN CHILDHOOD<\/span><\/strong> (Alfred Knopf Canada, 1996)<\/span><\/p>\nA LIGHT LEFT ON<\/span><\/strong> (collection of poetry, Peepal Tree Press, Yorkshire,England, 1992)<\/span><\/p>\nEDNA MANLEY: THE DIARIES<\/span><\/strong> (editor; Andre Deutsch, London1989)<\/span><\/p>\nCROSSING THE WATER: CONTEMPORARY POETRY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CARIBBEAN<\/span><\/strong> (selected poems, Greenfield ReviewPress, New York (1991 and 1985)<\/span><\/p>\nFOCUS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTED JAMAICAN WRITING<\/span><\/h3>\n(selected poems, Jamaica, 1983)<\/span><\/p>\nPOEMS 2<\/span><\/strong> (collected poems, Coles Publishing, Barbados 1978)<\/span><\/p>\nPRISMS<\/span><\/strong> (collected poems, Hyde, Held and Blackburn,Jamaica 1972)<\/span><\/p>\nJAMAICA<\/span><\/strong> JOURNAL; CARIBBEAN QUARTERLY<\/span><\/strong> (selected poems)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h1>\nOTHER EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n***Faculty Mentor Lesley University MFA Creative Writing Program, Cambridge,<\/span><\/p>\nUS (2002-present)<\/span><\/p>\n***Mentor U of Toronto continuing Education 2006<\/span><\/p>\n***Director of Advertising (Radio) The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation<\/em>, <\/span><\/p>\nBarbados(1982-86)<\/span><\/p>\n***Deputy Director of Advertising (TV) The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\nBarbados (1980-82)<\/span><\/p>\n***Research Officer, Sugar Cane Consultants<\/em>, (Barbados 1979-80)<\/span><\/p>\n***Advertising and Public Relations Officer, Lai Corporation, Jamaica<\/em>(1972-74)<\/span><\/p>\n***Teacher, Kingston College<\/em>, Jamaica (1969-71)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h1>\nEDUCATION <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\nBA English (special honors) The University of West Indies<\/em> (1969)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Awards 1997 Governor General’s Award for Literature (Canada) for\u00a0 \u201cDrumblair: Memories of\u00a0 Jamaican Childhood\u201d,\u00a0 Alfred Knopf, Toronto. The Jamaica Centennial Medal for Poetry Fellowships Hawthornden castle, Edinburgh Scotland, Writer\u2019s Fellowship (Summer 2007) New York Public Library\u2019s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship (2003-2004) Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (Aug 2001-Jul 2002) Pierre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rachelmanley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}