Opal Palmer Adisa

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Opal Palmer Adisa (1954- ) is a Jamaica-born writer, artist and teacher.

Since 1993, Opal Palmer Adisa has taught literature and served as Chair of the Ethnic Studies/Cultural Diversity Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.

Her work has been described by Alice Walker as "Solid, visceral, important stories written with integrity and love".

1 Artists Residencies
2 Awards
3 Bibliography
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Artists Residencies

Writer-in-Residence, Binational Fulbright Institute; Cairo, Egypt, December-February 2007

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Sacatar Institute, Itaparica, Brazil, December - March 2006

Writer-in-Residence, Wadastick Artists & Scholars; Laurel Hill, NC., March 2001
Writer-in-Residence, Tryon Center for the Visual Arts; Charlotte, N.C., September– Dec. 2000
Writer-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts; Sausaulito, CA, February–December 1996.

[edit] Awards

Council for a performance of “Daughters of Yam,” with Devorah Major
Pushcart Prize for the short story, "Duppy Get Her", 1987
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award for Tamarind and Mango Women, 1992
Writer in Residence for Wadastick Artists & Scholars at Laurel Hill, North Carolina
Writer in Residence for the McColl “Tryon” Center for the Visual Arts in Charlotte, NC
Distinguished Writer for the Middle Atlantic Writers Association
Creative Work Fund Grant for “West Oakland Senior Citizen Oral History Project,” San Francisco, CA
Nominated International Woman of the Year International Biography Center, England
Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for "The Brethren," in The Caribbean Writer, University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix
Writer-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausaulito, California
Daily News Prize for best poems in The Caribbean Writer, University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix
Master Folk Artist for Storytelling, California Arts Council
Distinguished Bay Area Woman Writer Award/California Legislative Assembly Certificate of presented by the National Women's Political Caucus
Master Folk Artist for Storytelling, California Arts Council
Creative Work Fund Grant for “West Oakland Senior Citizen Oral History Project,” San Francisco, California
Creative Artist Fellowship Award for Storytelling, Cultural Funding Program, City of Oakland

[edit] Bibliography

Until Judgment Comes (short story collection), March 2007
I Name Me Name (poetry collection), Peepal Tree Press, Sept-Oct 2006
Eros Muse (poetry and essays), Africa World Press, March 2006 ISBN 1592213979
Caribbean Passion (poetry collection) Peepal Tree Press, 2004
The Tongue Is a Drum (poetry/jazz CD with Devorah Major), 2002
Leaf-of-Life (poetry collection) Jukebox Press, 2000
It Begins With Tears (fiction novel) Heinemann, 1997
Tamarind and Mango Women (poetry collection) 1992 ISBN 0920813712
Fierce Love (poetry/jazz recording with Devorah Major),1992.
Traveling Women (short story collection with Devorah Major), Jukebox Press, 1989 ISBN 0932693016
Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories (short story collection), Kelsey St. Press, 1986 ISBN 0932716202
Pina, The Many-Eyed Fruit (children’s book) 1985

[edit] References

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