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callaloo

callaloo

1 9.9
A magazine that publishes poetry, stories, and essays by writers from African backgrounds
  • proper noun
  • /ˌkæl.əˈluː/
  • Literature
: Callaloo
  • A member of the Dark Room Collective and a 1994 Pushcart Prize nominee, he lives in Charlottesville and is the managing editor of Callaloo.
  • Callaloo, North American Review

Examples

  • Her fiction and poetry have appeared in AAR, Callaloo, Obsidian II, Homeplaces: Stories of the South by Women Writers (U of South Carolina P), and elsewhere.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Her work has appeared in The Southern Review and Callaloo.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Women and Cultural Persistence. "Callaloo 17 (Winter 1994): 149-159.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Her work has appeared in Obit Magazine, Callaloo, Race-Talk, The Women's Review of Books, and is anthologized in City Wilds and Submerged: Tales from the Basin.

    Blog text (2)

  • Jeyifo, Biodun. 1993. "Okonkwo and His Mother: Things Fall Apart and Issues of Gender in the Constitution of African Postcolonial Discourse." Callaloo 16.4: 847-858.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Garvey, Johanna X.K. "'The Place She Miss': Exile, Memory, and Resistance in Dionne Brand's Fiction." Callaloo 26.2 (Spring 2003): 486-503. JSTOR. Web. 15 Mar. 2014.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Her fiction has appeared in Callaloo, a literary journal that showcases diverse voices.

  • Many poets from the African diaspora contribute their work to Callaloo each year.

  • The latest edition of Callaloo features scholarship and essays alongside its acclaimed poetry.

Surface Forms

callaloo main

Etymology

Callaloo is named after the Caribbean dish callaloo because that dish is a rich 'mix' of greens and spices, and the journal uses that image to bring together many writers and voices of the African diaspora.