Color Me English; Migration and Belonging Before and After 9/11

New York: The New Press, 2011. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [10], 339, [3] pages. Signed and also inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Caryl Phillips (born 13 March 1958) is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels (for which he has won multiple awards), Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in, and searching exploration of, the experiences of peoples of the African diaspora in England, the Caribbean and the United States. As well as writing, Phillips has worked as an academic at numerous institutions including Amherst College, Barnard College, and Yale University, where he has held the position of Professor of English since 2005. Color Me English is a 2011 collection of essays by Caryl Phillips. Written over a period of 20 years, the essays deal with themes of identity, home and belonging. Reviewed in The Independent, the book was called "a polymorphous delight that always retains at its core the notion of identity: how it is constructed, how it is thrust upon us, how we can change it. It is about our sense of self, how we fit within society - and how both society and individuals must adapt to each other in order for both to thrive."In the words of Courttia Newland in Wasafiri magazine, the collection "revisits the author's chosen territories of 'displacement, home/homelessness, race and identity'. It is a volume heaving with insights, musings and ideology, some thirty-eight essays in all, each dissecting the notion of tribal belonging and its polar opposite, exclusion.