Life and education
Douglas was born in theWork
Douglas is the author of the novels, ''Madam Fate'' (1999), ''Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells'' (2005), and '' The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: a Novel in Bass Riddim'' (2016), as well as the collection of poetry, ''Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom'' (1999). Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies internationally, including ''Edexcel Anthology for English Language/London Examinations IGCSE'', ''The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse'', ''The Forward Book of Poetry'', ''Sisters of Caliban: Contemporary Women Poets of the Caribbean'', ''Cultural Activism: Poetic Voices'', ''Political Voices'', ''Kingston Noir'', ''Jubilation! Poems Celebrating 50 Years of Jamaican Independence'', ''Mojo: Conjure Stories'', ''Whispers from Under the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction'', ''Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose, Essays'', ''In This Breadfruit Kingdom: An Anthology of Jamaican Poetry, Queen's Case: A Collection of Contemporary Jamaican Short Stories, The Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together'', and ''Home: An Imagined Landscape''. Douglas performs a one-woman show, ''Natural Herstory'', which brings to life the strengths and struggles of women in contemporary Jamaica. Her most recent novel, ''The Marvellous Equations of the Dread,'' has been praised by '' Vanity Fair'' as, "a whirlwind of a novel that sways to an irresistible beat." Douglas is a professor of Caribbean Literature and Creative Writing at theSelected works
;Novels *''Madam Fate''. SoHo Press. 1999. . *''Notes from a Writer’s Book of Cures and Spells''. Peepal Tree Press. 2005. . *'' The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: a Novel in Bass Riddim''. New Directions Publishing. 2018. . ;Poetry *''Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom''. Peepal Tree Press. 1999. .Awards
Douglas's awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a 2020 Creative Capital Award and a U.K. Poetry Book Society Recommendation. ''The Marvellous Equations of the Dread'' was long-listed for the 2016References
External links
* * https://www.ndbooks.com/author/marcia-douglas/ * http://caribbeansf.com/authors/marcia-douglas/ * https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/boulder/speaker/marcia-douglas-2/ * http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/20/becoming-the-brown-girl-in-the-ring/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Marcia 1961 births Living people People from Kingston, Jamaica American women novelists Jamaican women novelists English-language poets American feminist writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century Jamaican novelists 21st-century Jamaican novelists American women poets Jamaican women poets 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets 20th-century Jamaican poets 21st-century Jamaican poets Ohio State University alumni Binghamton University alumni University of Colorado Boulder faculty 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American women writers