In this Issue

Table of Contents

In Memoriam: Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)

Gregory Hampton
pp. 245-248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0099
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Praisesong on the Passage of a Brilliant Star, from a Dreamer Below

Sheree R. Thomas
pp. 249-253
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0124
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Don't Shoot, Don't Shoot!

Austin Clarke
pp. 254-263
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0094
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from "News from the Lost Continent"

Michael S. Collins
pp. 264-273
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0095
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An excerpt from Les Arbres Musiciens

Jacques Stéphen Alexis, Carrol F. Coates
pp. 274-288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0079
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Translator's Note

Greg Simon
pp. 290-291
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0122
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Adam in Paradise

Gaston Baquero, Greg Simon, Steven F. White
p. 292
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0080
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Adan en el Paraiso

Gaston Baquero
p. 293
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0082
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The River

Gaston Baquero, Greg Simon, Steven F. White
p. 294
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0083
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El Rio

Gaston Baquero
p. 295
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0084
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Homage to Jean Cocteau

Gaston Baquero, Greg Simon, Steven F. White
pp. 296-297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0085
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Homenaje a Jean Cocteau

Gaston Baquero
pp. 298-299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0086
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Hands

Gaston Baquero, Greg Simon, Steven F. White
p. 300
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0087
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Manos

Gaston Baquero
p. 301
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0088
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F. G. L.

Gaston Baquero, Greg Simon, Steven F. White
p. 302
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0089
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F. G. L.

Gaston Baquero
p. 303
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0090
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A Conversation with Reginald McKnight

Xavier Nicholas, Reginald McKnight
pp. 304-321
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0107
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Four Take away One

Helen Elaine Lee
pp. 322-328
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0105
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from "In the Flooded Garden"

Lillian Bertram
pp. 329-330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0091
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An excerpt from What People See

Marco Portales
pp. 331-335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0111
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Eyes Closed

Eugene Cross
pp. 336-343
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0097
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"It Was Like Meeting an Old Friend": An Interview with John Edgar Wideman

Christopher N. Okonkwo, John Edgar Wideman
pp. 346-360
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0108
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An excerpt from Writing Frantz Fanon

John Edgar Wideman
pp. 361-386
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0127
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The Blanks

John Edgar Wideman
pp. 387-394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0128
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Rodolfo Figeuroa Martinez

Marcus D. Jones, Charles H. Rowell, Edgar Cano, Rodolfo Figeuroa Martinez
pp. 401-416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0104
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Ernestina and Mariana Andrade

Charles H. Rowell, Marcus D. Jones, Ernestina Andrade, Mariana Andrade
pp. 417-426
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0112
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Bartolo Huerta Rodriguez and Delfina Huerta Andrade

Charles H. Rowell, Edgar Cano, Marcus D. Jones, Bartolo Huerta Rodriguez, Delfina Huerta Andrade
pp. 427-440
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0113
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Joel Montalvo-Mulato

Charles H. Rowell, Edgar Cano, Marcus D. Jones, Joel Montalvo-Mulato
pp. 441-452
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0114
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Pedro Contreras Cruz and Pedro Ramon Chavez Alfonso

Charles H. Rowell, Edgar Cano, Marcus D. Jones, Pedro Contreras Cruz, Chavez Alfonso, Pedro Ramon
pp. 453-464
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0115
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Armando Villaseca Cruz and Jose Madrigal Brito

Charles H. Rowell, Edgar Cano, Marcus D. Jones, Armando Villaseca Cruz, Jose Madrigal Brito
pp. 465-474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0116
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Rafael Aguilera Hernandez

Charles H. Rowell, Rafael Aguilera Hernandez
pp. 475-486
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0117
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Marcelo Mojica Cruz, Salvador Hernida Tiborcio, and Hugo Garcia Pacheco

Charles H. Rowell, Marcus D. Jones, Marcelo Mojica Cruz, Salvador Hernida Tiborcio, Hugo Garcia Pacheco
pp. 487-502
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0118
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Blacks in Mexico: A Selective Bibliography

Charles H. Rowell
pp. 503-511
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0119
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Edgar Cano

Charles H. Rowell, Marcus D. Jones, Edgar Cano
pp. 514-522
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0121
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Supesta Cirugia, and: Mi Indiferente Corrupcion, and: El Nobel Peso de la Moral, and: Sin Importar los Platos Rotos, and: Cuando la Franccion Transita, and: Efimera Apariencia, and: Abrazo (Diptico), and: Paseo por el Mall, and: Penitencia

Edgar Cano
pp. 523-530
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0120
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"My Newish Voice": Rethinking Black Power in Gwendolyn Brooks's Whirlwind

Raymond Malewitz
pp. 531-544
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0106
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Fated to Unoriginality: The Politics of Mimicry in Derek Walcott's Omeros

Paul Jay
pp. 545-559
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0101
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Beauty and William Braithwaite

Lisa Szefel
pp. 560-586
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0123
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Not Quite the Gabbling of "A Thing Most Brutish": Caliban's Kiswahili in Aime Cesaire's A Tempest

Steven M. Almquist
pp. 587-607
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0078
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The Enigmatic Career of Hernton's Scarecrow

Michel Oren, Calvin C. Hernton
pp. 608-618
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0109
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Dialect and Identity in Harriet Jacobs's Autobiography and Other Slave Narratives

Albert H. Tricomi
pp. 619-633
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0125
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"Toward an All-Inclusive Structure": The Early Fiction of Gayl Jones

Casey Howard Clabough
pp. 634-657
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0093
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Replacing the Father: W. E. B. Du Bois' Reflections on George Washington's Birthday

Rumiana Velikova
pp. 658-679
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0126
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The Polished Hoe (review)

Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
pp. 680-682
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0103
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Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning: J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison (review)

Pranav Jani
pp. 682-688
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0100
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River Woman (review)

Kezia Ann Page
pp. 688-690
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0110
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Trumpet

Alena Hairston
pp. 691-693
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0098
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Purple Violet of Oshaantu (review)

Lisa Coxson
pp. 693-697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0096
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Dew in the Morning (review)

Jane Bryce
pp. 697-701
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0092
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Africa in Mexico: The Editor's Notes

Charles H. Rowell
pp. 396-400
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0102
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Contributors

pp. 702-705
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0081
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