Literary Criticism
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Grace Nichols – British Council
Much of Grace Nicholls’ poetry offers social commentary, particularly with regard to women’s issues and immigration, but she maintains a light-hearted approach and is committed to her poetic craft. Retrieved from: Nichols, G. (2017). Grace Nichols - Literature. Britishcouncil.org. https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/grace-nichols -
Make Yourself A(t) Home: Gender, Place and Identity in the Poetry of Grace Nichols
Written when Guyanese-born Grace Nichols was a new immigrant to England, her first three poetry collections (7 is a long memoried woman, The Fat Black Woman's Poems, and Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman and Other Poems) all feature a distinctive woman as a central speaker who explores how her body and voice can become strategic tools in negotiating the transformation of a foreign place into a reassuring space that one can call "home." Using dense, multi-layered metaphors, these works focus on the sense of a divided identity in relation to home, a sense that is further complicated by prejudice, homesickness, and displacement. Drawing on both feminist and postcolonial theories, this thesis discusses Nichols' construction of the female body in her works as a site of defiance in the face of racial and patriarchal oppression. -
The Divine Body in Grace Nichols’s “The Fat Black Woman’s Poems
Retrieved from: Scanlon, M. (1998). The Divine Body in Grace Nichols’s “The Fat Black Woman’s Poems.” World Literature Today, 72(1), 59–66.
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Grace Nichols Universal and Diverse: Ethnicity in the Poetry and Fiction of Grace Nichols
It was her career in journalism that brought Nichols close to the myths and legends of the indigenous people in Guyana and through these stories she became interested in other cultures and her family genealogy.
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Representations of Black Omen in Grace Nichols’s Poetry: From Otherness to Empowerment
Retrieved from: Emeritus, E., Jesús, P., Pérez, M., Martínez, M., Yus, F., Board, A., Alba, Board, A., & Varó, E. (n.d.). ISSN 0214-4808 • CODEN RAEIEX. https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/1271/1/RAEI_16_3.pdf
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AQA GCSE English Literature Worlds and Lives Poetry Cluster Teacher Guide
Retrieved from: AQA GCSE English Literature Worlds and Lives Poetry Cluster Teacher Guide. (n.d.). https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-8702-WORLDS-AND-LIVES-POETRY-CLUSTER-TG.PDF -
West Indian Poetry for Children and its Place in Contemporary British Literature
Retrieved from: (2024). Muni.cz. https://is.muni.cz/th/dcnbk/Savchenko_Tatiana_West_Indian_Poetry_for_Children_Archive.pdf
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Comparing Like An Heiress by Grace Nichols and Thirteen by Caleb Femi.
Retrieved from: Bitesize GCSE English Literature - Poetry - 9. Comparing “Like An Heiress” and “Thirteen” - BBC Sounds. (2024). BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h51ltd
Grace Nichols Writing Poetry Where and How
Retrieved from: CLPE. (2024, November 9). Grace Nichols Writing Poetry Where and How. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/162508861
Grace Nichols Sources of Inspiration
Retrieved from: CLPE. (2024, October 26). Grace Nichols Sources of Inspiration. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/162508836?share=copy
Poetry Performances
Grace Nichols reads two poems, 'Hurricane Hits England' and a poem for children (and cats), 'Cat-Rap'. Retrieved from: Bloodaxe Books. (2010, May 25). Grace Nichols: I Have Crossed an Ocean. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuqnOMI9GCs
Children's Poet Grace Nichols performs 'When the Colours Spoke' from Cosmic Disco at CLPE. Retrieved from: “When the Colours Spoke” by Grace Nichols. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. Retrieved February 21, 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_1PF-b75EQ
Retrieved from: David Bray. (2013, March 9). Grace Nichols - Island Man. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP67zfgYZfs
Retrieved from: Grace Nichols - Hummingbird | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. (2020). Clpe.org.uk. https://clpe.org.uk/videos/video/grace-nichols-hummingbird
Selected poems
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From 'The Fat Black Woman's Poems'Retrieved from: Nichols, G. (1984). From “The Fat Black Woman’s Poems.” Ambit, 97, 2–6. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44339778
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Grace Nichols, GuyanaRetrieved from: Grace Nichols, Guyana. (2023). Festivaldepoesiademedellin.org. https://www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org/en/Revista/ultimas_ediciones/86_87/nichols.html
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English KS2: Talking Poetry - 2. Grace NicholsRetrieved from: English KS2: Talking Poetry - 2. Grace Nichols. (n.d.). BBC Teach. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/zf3y2sg
