Talk:Jamaica Kincaid

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Contents 1 William Shawn 2 Subject person? 3 Conversion to Judaism? 4 Early LIfe

[edit] William Shawn

I don't think the implication of this phrasing is that William Shawn wrote her books--it's just significant because she met her husband through her boss, who is also a literary figure of note. Kincaid's work at the New Yorker is pretty famous (it's where she published Lucy and "Girl", for starters) and probably deserving of a whole section here. So, I went ahead and restored the sentence.

The article could use some serious expansion, though, which might help put that factoid into more perspective; it's been on my to-do list for a long time, but I never seem to get around to it. You up for it? --Dvyost 20:57, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Another anon removed poor Allen from Kincaid's life, and again, pending discussion I've put him back--see above. This article remains in bad need of expansion to put all this in perspective, but I think the key is going to be adding material rather than removing it. --Dvyost 16:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Subject person?

Why is subject person linked? What would that article be about if it were an article? Chick Bowen 03:37, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

No idea; I think I'll remove it for now and then someone can relink if necessary later. --Khazar 06:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conversion to Judaism?

The List of Caribbean Jews article has Jamaica Kincaid listed as a convert to Judaism. Does anyone have information confirming this? If so, it is something that is surely important enough to warrant inclusion in this article. Israelite9191 05:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC) She has mentioned her conversion in a published article, I think in the New York Times.--

[edit] Early LIfe

As a former employer, mentor, and friend, I added detail to her early life.--