Lesley-Ann Brown

Copenhagen

Denmark

Profile Information:

About Me:
Author of "Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son" - a book that examines, through letters the impact of colonialism on Indigenous and Black communities in the Caribbean. Using the author's personal lineage as a map, Decolonial Daughter shows that history is now.
Occupation:
Writer
Education:
BA in Writing & Literature, The New School, NYC
Contact Information:
blackgirlonmars@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Caribbean History and Indigenous Cultures the world over. Pre-colonial and Post-colonial.
Publications:
Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son (Repeater Books, 2018).
Another link:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...
My Website:
http://blackgirlonmars.blogspot.com

Comment Wall:

  • Maximilian Forte

    A very warm welcome Lesley-Ann, I am very happy to see you here! Thanks so much for sharing your presence with us.

    Very best wishes,

    Max.

    Apr 1, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Lesley-Ann, I found something weird about this site, not something I have encountered elsewhere and I am sure it has me confused. You have the photo slideshow player working perfectly on your page--no problem there--and you can in fact insert the player on any other site. What I noticed that was "weird" was that when members upload photos, they all get inserted in one mass with one another and are shown on the player on the main page of the network. Maybe that is the aim? Anyway, to simply things, I created albums to sort out member photos. It seems we first need to create an album, then add photos to it?

    Maybe, who knows, I am totally clueless now...also, I am suffering from animated emoticon withdrawal symptoms.

    Apr 1, 2008

  • Yaguarix de Moya

    Lesley-Ann, thanx for offering a promising long lasting virtual and physical friendship. I learnt from your profile that we may have the epistemic-ethical imprinting of the New School. I will be visiting TT by the end of this month, I'll let you know which days, to try to meet personally. Yaguarix.

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Yaguarix de Moya

    Junot's new novel has received excellent critical reviews both in Santo Domingo and abroad. I believe everybody was willing and expecting something like this, that shows that our imagination --People's Heart, in Luis Dias words--, can fly beyond our personal experience. Surely he will come to Santo Domingo for the Annual Book Fair. I haven't yet read the novel, but it is waiting for me at home as soon I finish reading about the invention of Latin America and the hiding of our history. Yaguarix

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Carmen Laguer

    Hi

    Perhaps we could learn from each other!
    I would like to hear more about your book.

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Guillermo Mejia

    Mucho gusto. Deseo lo mejor para usted y reciba mis cordiales saludos. Gracias por incoporarme como su amigo en la red.

    Atentamente,

    Guillermo Mejia

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Melinda Maxwell-Gibb

    Hey Lesley,
    Thanks for the invite, we have many things to discuss sister.
    Wa do,
    Melinda

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Rosanna

    Hi Lesley-Ann,

    It's a pleasure to meet you. I am sure that one day you will get time for your self. I must feel so amazing to be a writer and have published your own stories. I hope to read some of your stuff including your latest book.

    Take care.
    Rosanna

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Lesley-Ann, where are you? Have you gone on sabbatical? It's been a few weeks since I was last in touch with you, I hope everything is alright on your end.

    Apr 29, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Thanks very much Lesley-Ann. I hope to make it--the problem is almost entirely one of backlogged work and obligations, so if I sense that once again I will not be able to get things done in time, I might have to postpone the trip. I was to go to Jamaica as well in early July and I am considering skipping that. I will let you know as we get closer.

    May 2, 2008

  • oronde ash

    first day. hello to you. would love to talk to you about writing/publishing. come by my page when you have time and listen to the words i'm saying. do i have "something"?

    May 7, 2008

  • oronde ash

    post, post, post. yes, by all means. post my videos on your blog, tell your friends, put them on their blogs. like jazz singers, i'll come to europe to get appreciated. if you know someone if n.y. publishing, tell them you're found the next baldwin. i'm fed up with query letters begging to get noticed. i know i can write. i'm ready to publish and market myself, build an audience the big boys wont ignore. i'm ready for that grind, but... i need my vids to go viral among the conscious communities online. the book, what i know, what i can do has value. identity and empowerment issues wont go away. they cross political boundaries, estates, race. but if no one is listening, why am i here?

    May 8, 2008

  • Lesley-Ann Brown

    you wrote, "i know i can write. i'm ready to publish and market myself, build an audience the big boys wont ignore. i'm ready for that grind, but..."--look: You just got to do what you are doing. Point blank. It's going to be frustrating sometimes, but then you got to ask yourself why you are doing it. If the answer remains satisfactory, then hey--if not, then you are in the wrong business.
    I'm in the same boat as you brother, so if we can help each other out, then cool. I know the reason why I do what I do is because I must. I'm working full time in a field that has nothing to do with my identity as a writer--you dig?

    May 8, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Forgive me for interjecting, and maybe for assuming too much, I am just amazed at the coincidences between you and Oronde, twin experiences, West Indian backgrounds, in Brooklyn, writers and thinkers, music and videos, very creative people for whom words are vehicles and not obstructionist challenges the way they are for me. Honestly, I wish I could just adopt grunting, I sometimes feel choked by words. Very best wishes to both of you, I love your works.

    May 10, 2008

  • oronde ash

    been prepping for last weekend's black male development symposium at arcadia university outside philly, pa. much to see and learn. when guiding my own course of study, the path can become so vibrant. like this morning watching amy tan at the TED conference talk about creativity made me recall the serendipity that befalls the purposed sojourner guided by truth. the universe brings all that's needed in spades. so MAXIMILLIAN, i can see why leslie and i did meet here and not in b'klyn... we are supposed to meet here, thanks to you.

    May 13, 2008

  • oronde ash

    i'm gonna send <---- that poem to my mother. well said... you ever get the bk to do reading, promote your work? who is the biggest name in carib lit today? i tell my mom i'm publishing my memoir this summer and she want me to change the names. i tell her i can't do that. she says how long is my book? 200+ pgs. make it shorter, she says. i agree there. she's a reader. i ask her if it will sell. she says the "nasty"--urban lit crap-- books are all she sees people reading. i need to find out where OUR lit audience is in bk? if there is no comm. you and i need to create a new Caribbbean Renaissance.

    May 13, 2008

  • oronde ash

    are you an instant message person? i wasn't, but in this case it may be helpful. i'm"oronde ash" on msn messenger. at least i think that's how it works. what's your IM i-d? i can access other online IM services as well if you use aol or whatever.

    May 13, 2008

  • oronde ash

    got skype.

    May 18, 2008

  • Melinda Maxwell-Gibb

    Hi lesley-ann. I've survived my PhD comprehensive exams and am ready to once again join the land of the shadow walkers. let's talk poetry. wa do. melinda

    May 18, 2008

  • Caracoli

    Thanks for clarifying, great video

    Jul 30, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Where are you my friend? I am still hoping to get news of your trip, and to talk over some plans we had with Guanaguanare, slow to evolve of course, like the best things.

    Jul 31, 2008

  • Caracoli

    Please tell us of your experiences with the drink "Maubi"
    on the environmental round table. we love to hear your comments

    Aug 1, 2008

  • oronde ash

    i will look for the publishing book when i get some money... i'm starving right now... brutal truth.

    Aug 2, 2008

  • SunBow

    I watched the video you added and very interesting indeed I rearly get to speak much with people like your self so I would like to add you as a friend lesley-ann

    take care & be cool drew

    Aug 14, 2008

  • raiseculture

    rooster clan visiting from next door (Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, BAHAMAS)

    yes1, ...we've met b4 & i think it was in philly, maybe from pam africa. wonderful 2 c u here! holla@ me.

    raiseculture

    Sep 24, 2008

  • Miguel Sague Jr

    This is the sacred song of Ata bey the Cosmic matriarch Earth mother and water mother

    sound file

    AtaBey_Song.wav

    text file lyrics:
    SONG_TO_ATA_BEY.doc

    Song of Yoka Hu the celestial father spirit, the spirit of Life and Energy, the spirit of the Sun and the soul of the yuca plant

    sound file
    Yoka_Hu_song.wav

    text file lyrics:
    SONG_TO_YOKA_HU.doc

    Song dedicated to the spirits of the four directions South, West, North and East

    sound file:
    Four_Directions_Song.wav

    text file lyrics:

    SONG_OF_THE_FOUR_DIRECTIONS.doc

    Song dedicated to the fact that the menstrual cycle that manifests in the body of human women is reflected in the monthly lunar cycle of the Cosmic Mother

    Sound file:

    Sacred_Words_of_the_Mon_Ceremony.wav

    text file lyrics
    SONG_OF_THE_FULL_MOON_CEREMONY.doc

    Sep 26, 2008