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Clarke's work largely explores and chronicles the experience and history of the Black Canadian community of Nova Scotia, creating a cultural geography that Clarke often refers to as Africadia. (See also Acadia .)

Clarke's '' Whylah Falls '' was one of the selected books in the 2002 edition of '' Canada Reads '', where it was championed by Nalo Hopkinson .

Clarke is a great-nephew of the late Canadian Opera singer Portia White , politician Bill White and Labour Union leader Jack White .


BIBLIOGRAPHY



Poetry Collections

  • ''Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Blues'' — 1983

  • '' Whylah Falls '' — 1990

  • ''Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems 1978–1993'' — 1994

  • ''Gold Indigoes'' — 1999

  • ''Execution Poems: The Black Acadian Tragedy of George and Rue'' — 2001

  • ''Blue'' — 2001

  • ''Illuminated Verses'' — 2005

  • ''Black'' — 2006



Plays



Novels



Anthologies Edited

  • ''Fire on the Water: An Anthology of Black Nova Scotian Writing'' (two volumes) — 1992

  • ''Eyeing the North Star: Directions in African-Canadian Literature'' — 1997



Academic Books

  • ''Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature'' — 2002



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