Further Reading
- Clarke, Roger. "Beneath the Mask." New Statesman & Society 3, No. 87 (9 February 1990): 36. (Finds Bodies of Water "breathtakingly good," noting the stories's cinematic qualities.)
- Johnson, George. A review of No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff. New York Times Book Review (19 March 1989): 32. (Brief notice likening the novel's use of Jamaican slang to lyric poetry.)
- Levy, Francis. Review of Abeng by Michelle Cliff. New York Times Book Review (25 March 1984): 20. (Detects "narrative inconsistencies" but concedes that Cliff's "pithy anecdotal descriptions … bring Jamaica's present and past to life.")
- Meade, Marion. Review of Abeng by Michelle Cliff. Ms. XIII, No. 1 (July 1984): 32. (Succinctly summarizes the main themes of the novel, noting the "sophisticated and complex" meanings attached to shades of skin color in Jamaican culture.)
- Ratner, Rochelle. Review of Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise by Michelle Cliff. Library Journal 106, No. 2 (15 January 1981): 151. (Describes the organization and content of the "powerful" collection.)
- Spurling, John. "Shame about the Jackets." Observer (7 February 1988): 25. (Concise outline of No Telephone to Heaven, commenting on its tone and style.)
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