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  • Thunderhead
  • City and town life
  • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Ed is coming home
  • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
  • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • World's End
  • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Tanzilo Popular Music Collection [Finding Aid]
  • • Popular music - Jamaica; Reggae music - Jamaica; Reggae musicians - Jamaica
  • • The Tanzilo Popular Music Collection includes printed material collected over a twenty year period by reggae fan and musician Bobby Tanzilo. It is alphabetically arranged by artiste. A lover of Jamaican music, Tanzilo amassed memorabilia...
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  • John Hearne Collection
  • Hearne, John, 1925-1994 – Manuscripts ; Authors - Jamaican; Caribbean literature (English)
  • The collection documents John Hearne's career as lecturer, journalist, writer and social critic from 1952-1994. It consists of correspondence; biographical papers; newspaper clippings; photographs; audio cassettes and penciled manuscripts of books...
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