Come Lemme Hea’ Yoh Yank Soursap

About the Book

This is a collection of original poetry all based in the Caribbean with emphasis on the United States Virgin Islands. This is called Come Lemme Hea’ Yoh Yank Soursap. All are my own creations based on myths, legends, and oral histories. There is a mixture of the comical, the satirical, the social, and the political. The language used is a mixture of Virgin Islands Creole, a kind of hybrid fusion of English with words and syntax, and some works are entirely in so-called standard English. I have included table of contents and paging, even though I know this is likely to change.

About the Author

Clement A. White, the son of Charles White and Marjorie Asta Stevens, is from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, but spent a significant portion of his formative years on St. Croix, where his father was born and raised. He obtained his A.A. from the College of the Virgin Islands (now UVI), BA and MA degrees from Kent State University and his Ph.D. from Brown University. He is the author of: Decoding the Word; Network of Spheres; Wey Butty: A Poetic Journey In Search of a West Indian Identity; Meet Meh Undah deh Bongolo & Tark Like We—A Case for Virgin Islands Creole Den an’ Now & A Socio-cultural Lexicon; Bings Deh Quaksa & Other Stories, From Here to There: Uneven Steps Marking Time. He is also the author of various articles, including on Nicolás Guillén, Agustín Yáñez, and Langston Hughes. White is currently a Professor of Spanish/Latin American Literature at the University of Rhode Island where he has served as Director of the Graduate Program in Spanish since 1998.