Our Caribbean A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Desire through the Archipelago / Thomas Glave 1
LulÚ or the Metamorphosis (1995) / JosÉ AlcÁntara AlmÁnzar, Dominican Republic 13
Property Values (2001) / Aldo Alvarez, Puerto Rico 21
Eroticism (1992) / Reinaldo Arenas, Cuba 34
Three Poems: Saturday Night in San Juan with the Right Sailors (2004), Almost a Revolution for Two in Bed (2004), Tropical Fever (2003) / Rane Arroyo, Puerto Rico/US 51
Three Poems: Transactions (2001), San Francisco - New Orleans (2001), The Image Saves (1994) / JesÚs J. Barquet, Cuba 53
Somebody Has to Cry (1998) / Marilyn Bobes, Cuba 57
Elizere, Beckoned (1996) / Dionne Brand, Trinidad 70
"Bullers" and "Battymen": Contesting Homophobia in Black Popular Culture and Contemporary Caribbean Literature (1997) / Timothy S. Chin, Jamaica 78
Ecce Homo (2002) / Michelle Cliff, Jamaica 97
History, (Re)Memory, Testimony, and Biomythography: Charting a Buller Man's Trinidadian Past (2004) / Wesley E. A. Crichlow, Trinidad 101
Other Islanders on Lesbos: A Retrospective Look at the History of Lesbians in Cuba (2004) / Mabel Cuesta, Cuba 132
Autonomy in Lesbian-Feminist Politics (2004) / Ochy Curiel, Dominican Republic 142
Three Poems: Young Faggot (2003), The Magical Real (2003), Surrender (2003) / Faizal Deen, Guyana/Trinidad 153
The Portrait (1998) / Pero de JesÚs, Cuba 158
Tante Merle (1999) / R. Erica Doyle, Trinidad/U.S. 173
Whose Caribbean? An Allegory in Part (2005) / Thomas Glave, Jamaica/U.S. 177
More Notes on the Invisibility of Caribbean Lesbians (2005) / Rosamond S. King, Trinidad 191
Independence Day Letter (2004) / Helen Klonaris, Babamas 197
De un pÁjaro las dos alas: Travel Notes of a Queer Puerto Rican in Havana (2002) / Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Puerto Rico 202
Of Generators and Survival: Hugo Letter (1990), From Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982) / Audre Lorde, Grenada/Barbados/U.S. 233
Out on Main Street (1993) / Shani Mootoo, Trinidad/Ireland 252
Time and Tide (2002) / Anton Nimblett, Trinidad 261
We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (1994) / Achy Obejas, Cuba 268
The Hunter (1999) / Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Cuba 281
The Face (1956) / Virgilio PiÑera, Cuba 290
Dale and Ian (1994) / Patricia Powell, Jamaica 296
Genesis (2003) / Kevin Everod Quashie, St. Kitts 304
BayamÓn, Brooklyn y yo (1987) / Juanita Ramos, Puerto Rico 308
The Mechanic (1998) / Colin Robinson, Trinidad 316
Haiti: A Memory Journey (1996) / Assotto Saint, Haiti 320
Johnnie, London, 1960 (1960) / Andrew Salkey, Jamaica/Panama 325
I Want to Follow My Friend (1994) / Lawrence Scott, Trinidad 336
Man Royals and Sodomites: Some Thoughts on the Invisibility of Afro-Caribbean Lesbians / Makeda Silvera, Jamaica 344
Jerome (1993) / H. Nigel Thomas, St. Vincent 355
Fragments of Toronto's Black Queer Community: From a Life Still Being Lived (2005) / Rinaldo Walcott, Barbados/Canada 360
Mati-ism and Black Lesbianism:; Two Idealtypical Expressions of Female Homosexuality in Black Communities of the Diaspora (1996) / Gloria Wekker, Suriname 368
On Homophobia and Gay Rights Activism in Jamaica (2000) / Lawson Williams, Jamaica 382
Glossary 389
Contributors 393