Curdella Forbes was born in Jamaica. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, and teaches at Howard University. She is the author of A Tall History of Sugar. Forbes is a professor of Caribbean literature and has published four previous works of fiction: Songs of Silence, A Permanent Freedom, Ghosts, and a children’s book, Flying with Icarus and Other Stories. She began her teaching career at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she was also a writer-in-residence.
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