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Dionne Brand : Criticism

Book Reviews and Criticism

Land To Light On

Brand, Dionne. "Land to light on". In Montreal Gazette: N 15'97 : pJ4.
Brand, Dionne. "Land to light on". In Montreal Gazette: N 15'97 : pJ4.
Walcott, Rinaldo. "A tough geography": towards a poetics of black space[s] in Canada. In West Coast Line: v31 n1 (Spr/Summ'97) : p38-51.
"Thoughts on the G-G poetry short list" -. In Globe & Mail Metro Edition: N 15'97 : pD11.
Brand, Dionne. "Land to light on". In Globe & Mail Metro Edition: Ap 26'97 : pD11.
"Writer packs poetic punch: Dionne Brand has always been a fighter of causes, but the pen is now her weapon of choice "-. In Globe & Mail Metro Edition: Ap 29'97 : pC1,C2.
Brand, Dionne. "Land to light on". In The Toronto Star: Ap 5'97 : pM16.

In Another Place, Not Here

Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Paragraph: v18 n3 (Winter, 1996/Spring, 1997) : p31-32.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad: v15 n2 (Wint'97) : p102-106.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Books In Canada: v25 n6 (September, 1996) : p37.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Toronto Star: August 17, 1996 : pJ14.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Financial Post: v90 n33 (August 17/19, 1996) : p22.
Golfman, Noreen. "Talking poet-heads: the voice of poetry in the conversation of our times" [Film: Listening for Something...Adrienne Rich & Dionne Brand in Conversation]. In Canadian Forum: v75 n851 (July/August, 1996) : p27-28.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Maclean's (Toronto Edition): v109 n26 (June 24, 1996) : p54.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Quill & Quire: v62 n5 (May, 1996) : p26.
Brand, Dionne. "In another place, not here". In Globe & Mail Metro Edition: June 29, 1996 : pC20.

No Language is Neutral

Brand, Dionne. "No language is neutral". In Essays on Canadian Writing: n57 (Winter, 1995) : p194-211.
Cook, Meira. "The partisan body: performance and the female body in Dionne Brand's No Language is Neutral". In Open Letter: v9 n2 (Spring, 1995) : p88-91.
Zackodnik, Teresa. "'I am blackening in my way': identity and place in Dionne Brand's No Language is Neutral". In Essays on Canadian Writing: n57 (Winter, 1995) : p194-211.
Brand, Dionne. "No language is neutral". In Poetry Canada Review: v13 n2 (1993) : p26-27.
Brand, Dionne. "No language is neutral". In Spirale: n124 (May, 1993) : p11.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In Journal of Canadian Poetry: v.7 (1992) : p29-32.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In University of Toronto Quarterly: v61 n1 (1991) : p64.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In Books In Canada: v19 n9 (December, 1990) : p42-43.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In Journal of Canadian Poetry: v.7 (1992) : p29-32.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In University of Toronto Quarterly: v61 n1 (1991) : p64.
Brand, Dionne. "No Language Is Neutral". In Books In Canada: v19 n9 (December, 1990) : p42-43.

Bread Out of Stone

Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Kinesis: June, 1995 : p17.
Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Montreal Gazette: February 18, 1995 : pH2.
Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Books In Canada: v24 n1 (February, 1995) : p32-33. Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Toronto Star: January 21, 1995 : pJ18.
Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Globe & Mail Metro Edition: January 7, 1995 : pC19.
Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Canadian Forum: v74 n841 (July/August, 1995) : p36-38.
Brand, Dionne. "Bread out of stone". In Kinesis: June, 1995 : p17.

No Burden To Carry

Brand, Dionne (editor). "No burden to carry: narratives of Black working women in Ontario 1920s to 1950s". In Revue d'histoire de l'Amerique francaise: v47 n1 (Summer, 1993) : p101-103.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario 1920s To 1950s". In Resources for Feminist Research: v20 n3/4 (/Winter, 1991) : p167.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario 1920s To 1950s". In Books In Canada: v21 n4 (May, 1992) : p52-53.
"Black women speak [No Burden To Carry]" -. In Share: v14 n49 (March 19, 1992) : p15.
Brand, Dionne. "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario, 1920's-1950's". Women's Press, 1991.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No burden to carry: narratives of Black working women in Ontario 1920s to 1950s". In Revue d'histoire de l'Amerique francaise: v47 n1 (Summer, 1993) : p101-103.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario 1920s To 1950s". In Books In Canada: v21 n4 (May, 1992) : p52-53.
"Black women speak [No Burden To Carry]" -. In Share: v14 n49 (March 19, 1992) : p15.
Brand, Dionne. "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario, 1920's-1950's". Women's Press, 1991.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No Burden To Carry: Narratives Of Black Working Women In Ontario 1920s To 1950s". In Resources for Feminist Research: v20 n3/4 (/Winter, 1991) : p167.
Brand, Dionne (editor). "No burden to carry: narratives of Black working women in Ontario 1920s to 1950s". In Ontario History: v84 n4 (December, 1992) : p347-349.

Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking Of Racism

Brand, Dionne. "Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking Of Racism". In Canadian Forum: v67 n775 (Jan 1988) : p39-40.
Brand, Dionne. "Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking Of Racism". In Resources for Feminist Research: v16 n1 (March 1987) : p61-62.
Brand, Dionne. "Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking Of Racism". In Canadian Materials: v15 n1 (Jan 1987) : p38.

Sans Souci And Other Stories

Brand, Dionne. "Sans Souci And Other Stories". In Fuse Magazine: v12 n6 (Aug 1989) : p38-39.
Brand, Dionne. "Sans Souci And Other Stories". In Books in Canada: v17 n9 (Dec 1988) : p6.
Brand, Dionne. "Sans Souci". In Canadian Forum: v68 n780 (April 1989) : p34-35.

Grammar of Dissent

Harris, Claire. "Grammar of dissent: poetry & prose". In Books In Canada: v24 n3 (April, 1995) : p36-38.
Brand, Dionne. "What I'd be if I were not a writer: Dionne Brand". In Brick: A Literary Journal: n50 (1994) : p5-6.
Morrell, Carol (editor). "Grammar of dissent: poetry & prose by Claire Harris, M Nourbese-Philip & Dionne Brand". Goose Land, 1994.

Interviews and Biography

"Being Dionne" -. In Toronto Life: v31 n4 (March, 1997) : p68-71.
Tihanyi, Eva (interview). "Unredeemed grace: Eva Tihanyi speaks with Dionne Brand". In Books In Canada: v26 n2 (Mr'97) : p8-9.
D'anna, Lynnette. "In conversation with Dionne Brand". In Prairie Fire: v17 n2 (Summer, 1996) : p9-19.
Perkins, Charmaine. "Brandishing a powerful pen: interview with Dionne Brand". In Kinesis: June, 1995 : p16-17.

Dissertations

Renk, Kathleen. THE SHADOW CATCHERS: CREOLE/WOMANIST WRITERS IN THE ANGLOPHONE CARIBBEAN (MICHELLE CLIFF, JAMAICA KINCAID, JEAN RHYS, ERNA BRODBER, DIONNE BRAND, DOMINICA, ANTIGUA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) PhD., University of Iowa, 1995 [Abstract]
Chancy, Myriam Josephe Aimee. IN SEARCH OF SAFE SPACES: AFRO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS IN EXILE (AFRICAN DIASPORA). PhD., University of Iowa, 1994 [Abstract]

Articles

Priestley-Brown, Sylvia M. "Dionne Brand: the new wave writing that hates suffering". In Open Letter: v8 n9 (Summer, 1994) : p97-102.
Ball, John C. White city, "Black ancestry: the immigrant's Toronto in the stories of Austin Clarke and Dionne Brand". In Open Letter: v8 n8 (Winter, 1994) : p9-19.
Brand, Dionne. "Out there". In Malahat Review: n100 (1992) : p115-119.
Hunter, Lynette. "After modernism: alternative voices in the writings of Dionne Brand, Claire Harris and Marlene Philip". In University of Toronto Quarterly: v62 n2 (Winter, 1992/, 1993) : p256-281.
Brand, Dionne. "Who can speak for whom?". In Brick: A Literary Journal: n46 (Summer, 1993) : p13-20.
"Finding poetry in possibility" [Dionne Brand] -. In Globe & Mail (Toronto) - Metro edition: October 17, 1990 : pC4.
Daurio, Beverley. "The language of resistance: in her poetry Dionne Brand is rewriting history in a way that saves our humanity". In Books In Canada: v19 n7 (October, 1990) : p13-16.
Brand, Dionne. "Abortion justice and the rise of the right". In This Magazine: v23 n3 (Sept 1989) : p31-32.
Carty, Linda. "Visible minority" women: a creation of the Canadian state. In Resources for Feminist Research: v17 n3 (Sept 1988) : p39-42.
Brand, Dionne. "Sight Specific: Lesbians And Representation". A Space, 1988.