Brenda DoHarris

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Brenda Chester DoHarris (born 9 June 1946) is a writer and academic from Guyana.[1]

Career

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Doharris was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and attended Bishops' High School on scholarship. Her education and experience growing up in rural Kitty were a major influence on her writing.[1] She studied at Columbia University[2] and Howard University, receiving a B.A. in 1970 and M.S. in 1721, both in English.[1]

Works

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DoHarris published her novel, The Coloured Girl in the Ring: A Guyanese Woman Remembers, in 1997. According to a review in the College Language Association Journal, "The story is remarkable for its picture of a Guyanese village, but it requires a sequel to truly explore the life of this nameless narrator, who remains more an onlooker and reporter than the central persona of this piece."[3] A review from Kaieteur News describes it as "...a bitter-sweet narrative, one that is poignant and deeply moving, and made even more so by a feminist perspective that rightly celebrates the sustaining role of women in colonised societies."[4]

Calabash Parkway (2005) is about Guyanese immigrant women in Brooklyn, New York, women who struggle against the odds to gain legal residence.

Doharris was a contributor for Walter A. Rodney: A Promise of Revolution by Clairmont Chung. 2012. (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[5]

Awards

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Calabash Parkway won the Guyana Prize for Literature.[6]

References

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  6. ^ "Calabash Parkway: A Novel" Reviewed by Gokarran Sukhdeo, Guyana Journal

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