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Bibliography

Author Or EditorType Of PublicationPublisherDate PublishedPlace PublishedContentPage #ISBNOther Information
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookTeatro Verdi1988GenovaAllallNONEPoetry
Ambit 91
 JournalAmbit1982LondonWat About Di Workin Claas?3ISSN 0002 – 6772Literary journal
Atlanta Review
 JournalPoetry Atlanta Inc.1998AtlantaReggae Fi Bernard67 – 9ISSN 1073 – 9696Literary journal
Bete Noire Issue 12/13
 BookHull Poets Anniversary IssueAutumn 1991/ Spring 1992HullReggae Fi Dada403 – 5NONEAnthology
Bete Noire Issue 12/13
Welsh, Sarah LawsonBookHull Poets Anniversary IssueAutumn 1991/ Spring 1992HullReview and critical analysis of Tings An Times: Selected Poems406 – 24NONEAnthology
Borderlines: Contemporary Poems in English
Wainwright; Clarke; Grogan; Li; Ross; Wallace (ed)BookCopp Clark Ltd1995TorontoDouble Scank Street 66 Dread Beat An Blood256 – 90 – 7730 – 5342 – 5Poetry anthology
Caribbean Poetry Now
Brown, Stewart (ed)BookHodder & Stoughton1984LondonExcerpt from Youtman200 – 340 – 34577 – 2Anthology
Changing Britannia: Life Experience With Britain
Harris, Roxy and White, Sarah (ed)BookNew Beacon Books/ George padmore Institute1999LondonInterview50 – 79, 2151 – 873201 – 15 – XBlack history/ biography
Critical Quarterly Vol.33 No.4 Winter 1991
 JournalBlackwell Publishers1991OxfordDi Good Life39 – 40ISSN 00111562Literary journal
Critical Quarterly Vol.38 No.4 Winter 1996
 JournalBlackwell Publishers1996OxfordFive Nights of Bleeding Tings An Times Interview64 – 84ISSN 00111562Literary journal
Dread Beat an Blood and Inglan Is A Bitch (Italian)
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookStampa Alternativa Concerto1982RomeAllallNONEPoetry
Dread Beat and Blood
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookBogle – L’Ouverture Publications Ltd1975LondonAllall904521060Poetry
Dread Beat and Blood (German)
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookBuchverlag Michael Schwinn1984NeustadtAllall904521060Poetry
Dub Poetry
Habekost, Christian (ed)BookMichael Schwinn1986NeustadtTime Come Reggae Sounds Dread Beat an Blood94 – 1073 – 925077 – 07 – 3Poetry anthology
Dub Poetry (German)
Habekost, Christian (ed)BookBuchverlag Michael Schwinn1986NeustadtTime Come Reggae Sounds Dread Beat an Blood138 – 493 – 925077 – 03 – 0Poetry anthology
Empire Windrush: Fifty Years of Writing About Black Britain
Wambu, Onyekachi (ed)BookVictor Gollancz1998LondonInglan Is A Bitch211 – 30 – 575 – 06599 – 0Poetry and prose anthology
Extravagant Strangers
Phillips, Caryl (ed)BookFaber and Faber1997LondonInglan Is A Bitch223 – 50571190863Poetry and prose anthology
Facendo La Storia; E Altre Poesie (Italian)
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookETS Editrice1989ItalyAllall88 – 7741 – 481Poetry
Facing the Sea
Walmsley, Anne and Caistor, Nick (ed)BookHeinemann Educational1986OxfordSonny’s Lettah54 – 50 – 435 – 98795 – XAnthology
Focus 1983: An Anthology of Contemporary Jamaican Writing
Morris, Mervyn (ed)BookCaribbean Authors Publishing Co. Ltd1983KingstonWat About Di Workin Claas?228 – 9NONEAnthology
Foundations Of A Movement
 BookJohn La Rose Tribute Committee1991LondonMemoir on John La Rose80 – 821873201079Tribute anthology to John La Rose
From Our Yard: Jamaican Poetry Since Independence
Mordecai, Pamela (ed)BookInstitute of Jamaica Publications Ltd1987Kingston, JamaicaSame Way Come Wi Goh Dung Deh Sonny’s Lettah Jamaica Lullaby Song Of Rising Di Black Petty Booshwah For those who go doun always an under Reggae Fi Dada114 – 126976 – 8017 – 04 – xPoetry anthology
From the Garden to the Street
Styles, MoragBookCassell1998LondonReferences to LKJ282, 2920 – 304 – 33222 – 4Book about writing for children
Grandchildren of Albion
Michael Horovitz (ed)BookNew Departures1992Stroud, GlosStory170 – 1,385 – 70 902689 14 2Poetry anthology
Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain
Markham, E.A. (ed)BookBloodaxe1989Newcastle upon TyneVarious poems and interview250 – 721 – 85224 – 086 – 5Poetry anthology
Inglan Is A Bitch
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookRace Today Publications1980LondonAllall0950349828Poetry
Inglan Is A Bitch and Voices of the Living and The Dead (German)
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookEdition Kalter Schweiss1984BerlinAllall3 – 9924001 – 02 – 2Poetry
Is English We Speaking
Morris, MervynPamphletThe British Library1993LondonReferences during literary criticismreferences only0 – 7123 – 03197Essay
Is English We Speaking and Other Essays
Morris, MervynBookIan Randle Publishers1999KingstonLiterary criticism1 – 16, 36 – 44976 – 8123 – 63 – XLiterary criticism
Kunapipi Journal of Post – Colonial Writing
 JournalDangaroo Press1998Hebden BridgeReggae Fi May Ayim143 – 4ISSN 0106 – 5734Literary journal
Lyric
Lindley, DavidBookMethuen & Co. Ltd1985LondonLiterary crit. references380 – 416 – 31440 – 6Literary criticism
Melanthika: An Anthology of Pan – Caribbean Writing
 BookLWM Publications1977BirminghamYoutman Come Wi Goh Dung Deh Record review47 – 500905393015Anthology
Other: British and Irish Poetry Since 1970
Caddel, Richard and Quartermain, Peter (ed)BookWesleyan University Press1999Hanover, New EnglandMi Revaluesh-
anary Fren
126 – 80 – 8195 – 2258 – 9Poetry anthology
Panta Musica 4 (Italian)
Sgarbi, Elisabetta (ed)BookRCS Librie Grandi Orere S.p.A.1996MilanoYout Rebels Night of the Head Sonny’s Lettah231 – 288 – 452 – 2714 – 6Music book, interviews etc.
Poetry Review Vol.87 No.3 Autumn 1997
 JournalThe Poetry Society1997LondonReggae Fi May Ayim Article on LKJ’s work by Fred D’Aguiar14 – 6ISSN 00322156Poetry journal
Quiet Storm
Okutoro, Lydia Omolola (ed)BookHyperion1999New YorkExcerpt from Yout Rebels59078680461 – 0Poetry anthology
Race and Class Vol. XIX Summer 1977 No.1
 JournalInstitute of Race Relations1977LondonResponse to Roots film by LKJ83 – 4NONERace relations journal
Race and Class Vol.XVI April 1975 No.4
 JournalInstitute of Race Relations1975LondonBook review by LKJ442 – 5NONERace relations journal
Race and Class Vol.XVII Summer 1975 No.1
 JournalInstitute of Race Relations1975LondonBook review by LKJ85 – 7NONERace relations journal
Rock Session 5
Hartmann, Humann and ReichertMagazineTaschenbuch Verlag GMBH1981HamburgInterview and various poems70 – 933499174138Music Interviews etc.
Savacou 9/10
 JournalCaribbean Artist Movement1974Kingston and LondonDread Beat An Blood Time Come26 – 8NONELiterary journal
Scanning the Century: The Panguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry
Forbes, Peter (ed)BookViking1999LondonInglan Is A Bitch153 – 40 – 670 – 88011 – 6Poetry anthology
Sparks of Fire: Blake in a New Age
Bogan, James and Goss, Fred (ed)BookNorth Atlantic Books1982Richmond, CaliforniaAll Wi Doin Is Defendin229 – 300 – 913028 – 90 – 8Literary anthology
The Black Scholar Vol.19, Nos. 4 and 5 July – Oct. 1988
 JournalBlack World Foundation1988OaklandReggae Fi Dada97ISSN 0006 – 4246Literary and political journal
The Faber Book of Political Verse
Paulin, Tom (ed)BookFaber & Faber1986LondonDi Great Insohrech-
shan
464 – 50 – 571 – 13667 – 2Poetry anthology
The Fire People: A Collection of Contemporary Black British Poets
Sissay, Lemn (ed)BookPayback Press1998EdinburghReggae Fi May Ayim42 – 40 – 86241 – 739 – 2Poetry anthology
The Firebox: Poetry in Britain and Ireland After 1945
O’Brien, Sean (ed)BookPicador1998London and BasingstokeExcerpt from Reggae Sounds399 – 4000 – 330 – 36918 – 0Poetry anthology
The Guinness Who’s Who of Reggae
Larkin, Colin (ed)BookGuinness Publishing1994Enfield, MiddxBiographical
entry
133 – 50 – 85112 – 734 – 7Reggae A – Z
The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry
McDonald, Ian and Brown, Stewart (ed)BookHeinemann1992OxfordBeacon of Hope110 – 10 – 435 – 98817 – 4Poetry anthology
The Language of the Black Experience
Sutcliffe, David and Wong, AnselBookBasil Blackwell1986Oxford and New YorkReferences to language and poems67, 69, 83 – 4, 89 – 900631148167Language/ Sociology
The New British Poetry 1968 – 88
Allnutt, G; D’Aguir, F; Edwards, K; Mottram E (ed)BookPaladin1988LondonReggae Fi Dada49 – 510 – 586 – 08765 – 6Poetry anthology
The New Poetry
Hulse, Michael; Kennedy, David; Morley, David (ed)BookBloodaxe1993Newcastle upon TyneMekkin History Bass Culture Inglan Is A Bitch Reality Poem183 – 1891 – 85224 – 244 – 2Poetry anthology
The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English
Burnett, Paula (ed)BookPenguin1986HarmondsworthBass Culture Reggae Fi Dada75 – 8, 3380 – 14 – 058511 – 7Poetry anthology
The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland Since 1945
Armitage, Simon and Crawford, Robert (ed)BookViking1998LondonInglan Is A Bitch353 – 50 – 670 – 86829 – 9Poetry anthology
The Popular Front of Caribbean Poetry Anthology
Beasley, Paul (ed)BookApples and Snakes1992LondonDi Anfinish Revalueshan35 – 370 – 9518881 – 0 – 2Poetry
Tings An’ Times
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookBloodaxe Books/ LKJ Music Publishers1991Newcastle upon Tyne and LondonAllall1852241624Poetry
Uncommon Wealth: An Anthology of Poetry in English
Besner, Neil; Schnitzer, Deborah and Turner, Alden (ed)BookOxford University Press1997TorontoMekkin Histri756 – 70 – 19 – 541076 – 9Poetry anthology
Voiceprint
Brown, Stewart; Morris, Mervyn; Rohlehr, Gordon (ed)BookLongman1989Harlow, EssexReggae Fi Radni Inglan Is A Bitch82 – 3, 110 – 1120 – 582 – 78629 – 0Poetry anthology
Voices of the Living and the Dead
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookRace Today Publications1974LondonAllall0950349879Poetry
Wasafiri No.26 Autumn 1997
 JournalWasafiri1997LondonLiterary criticism references in article by Mervyn Morris66 – 9ISSN 0269 – 0055Literary journal
Wheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry
Dawes, Kwame (ed)BookGoose Lane1998FredericktonBass Culture Reggae Sounds Five Nights of Bleeding108 – 1130 – 86492 – 199 – 3Poetry anthology
Windrush: The Irresistible Rise of Multi – Racial Britain
Phillips, Mike and Phillips, TrevorBookHarperCollins1999LondonInterview references262 – 3, 263fn, 286, 298 – 9, 325, 4090 – 00 – 653039 – 7Non – fiction/ black history
Saggi e Ricerche Sulle Culture Extraeuropee (1995)
Bellini, G; Gorlier, C; Zoppi, S (ed)BookBulzoni Editore1997RomeLiterary criticism/ analysis in Italian85 – 9288 – 8319 – 057 – 2Literary criticism/ analysis in Italian
POP: The Poetry Olympics Party Anthology
Horovitz, Michael & Laird, Inge Elsa (ed)BookNew Departures2000LondonDi Anfinish Revalueshan9,70 – 20 902689 1 9 3Poetry anthology
IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain
Newland, Courttia & Sesay, Kadija (ed)BookPenguin Hamish Hamilton2000LondonIf I Woz A Tap – Natch Poet175 – 80 – 241 – 14047 – 1Poetry and prose anthology
Poems in your Pocket: Imaginative Approaches to GCSE Poetry
Ferguson, MikeBookLongman1999Harlow, EssexReggae Sounds620 – 582 – 41989 – 1GCSE English help book
The Routes of English
Elmes, SimonBookBBC Adult Learning2000LondonBG (on CD only)79 – 1021 – 9017 – 10246Also contains 2 CDs with interview and poem
Jamaica Journal
Morris, MervynJournal 1987 (20, no.1)Kingston, JamaicaInterview17 – 26 Literary and arts journal
Rolling Stone
Brown, MickMagazine 7 February 1980 (No.310, 16) Article: Linton Kwesi Johnson: Poet Turns to Reggae  Music magazine
Village Voice
Christian, RobertNewspaper 23 April 1991New York, USAArticle: Revaluesh-
anary Fren
80 Newspaper
Village Voice
Davis, ThulaniNewspaper 21 April 1980New York, USAArticle: LKJ Politics in the Groove65 – 66 Newspaper
Race Today
Dhondy, FarrukhJournal 1979 (No.11)London, UKArticle: The Black Writer In Britain66 – 69 Political and arts journal
Jamaica Journal
Morris, MervynJournal Feb – April 1990 (No.23)Kingston, JamaicaArticle: Printing in Performance21 – 27 Literary and arts journal
New West Indian Guide 67
Stewart, Robert J  1993 (Nos.1 and 2) Article: Linton Kwesi Johnson Poetry: Down a Reggae Wire69 – 89  
Hand in Hand: An Anthology of Love Poems
Duffy, Carol Ann (ed.)BookPicador2001Basingstoke and OxfordHurricane Blues61 – 20 – 330 – 48225 – 4poetry anthology
For the Geography of a Soul: Emerging Perspectives on Kamau Brathwaite
Reiss, Timothy J (ed)BookAfrica World Press Inc2001Trenton NJ and Asmara, EritreaIf I Woz A Tap – Natch Poet Hurricane Blues1 – 5; xiii0 – 86543 – 905 – 2Literary criticism/ Cultural Studies/ Caribbean Studies
Viewfinder Topics: Minorities in Britain – Never at Ease
Mitchell, Michael (compiled and ed)BookLangenscheidt – Longman1997Munich, GermanyMekkin Histri8; 32 – 33 – 526 – 50762 – 7English language teaching book with exercises
A Gathering of Tribes
 MagazineA Gathering of Tribes Inc.2000USAReggae Fi May Ayim89ISSN 1058 – 9112Literary magazine
New Touchstones Advanced
Benton, Michael and PeterBookHodder & Stoughton2002London, UKSonny’s Lettah1870 – 340 – 80127 – 1Poetry anthology for post – 16 students
Mi Revalueshanary Fren: Selected Poems
Johnson, Linton KwesiBookPenguin Classics2002London, UKAllAll0 – 14 – 118698 – 4Poetry collection of 3 decades of LKJ’s poems
Die Neue Wortordnung (New Word Hawdah)
Johnson, Linton Kwesi (translated by Claus – Ulrich Viol)BookAgentur Machtwort2002Bochum, GermanyAllAll3 – 9807946 – 0 – 1German translation of LKJ’s poetry
Polyphonoix
PolyphonixBookEditions du Centre Pompidou/ Editions Leo Scheer/ Polyphonix2002Paris, FranceNew Word Hawdahpp.108 – 92 – 84426 – 122 – 1Anthology of poems, essays, arts etc. to celebrate 40th anniversary of Polyphonix festival
Worte Und Feuer: Dance Hall – Dichtung in Jamaika und England
Bader, StasaBook (German)Buchverlag Michael Schwinn1988Neustadt,
Germany
Interview and references throughoutVarious3 – 925077 – 11 – 1Non – fiction, account in German about the development of Jamaican music in UK and Jamaica
90TAL: Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
 Journal (Swedish/ English)90TALDecember 1999 (no.30)Stockholm, SwedenReggae Fi May Ayim Interviewpp.104 – 107NoneJournal of literature and arts
Reggae: Da Bob Marley ai Police, Da Kingston a Londra Storia e Protagonisti Della Rivoluzione Musicale Giamaicana
Assante, ErnestoBook (Italian)Savelli Editori1980Milan, ItalyBiography of LKJpp.84 – 5008 – 20011Book mainly on Bob Marley
The Black Chord
Corio, David and Goldman, VivienBookUniverse1999New York, USAReferences to LKJ’s poetry and music, photopp.108,115, 118, 120, 123, 1400 – 7893 – 0375 – 2Book celebrating black music with photos and text
AA Files 49
 JournalThe Architectural Association2003London, UKReggae Fi Dadapp.4 – 6ISSN 0261 – 6823 ISBN 1 – 902902 – 34 – 3Journal of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City
Sandhu, SukhdevBookHarperCollins2003London, UKReferences to LKJ’s work throughout, analysis and quotespp.106, 109, 211, 342, 348, 354 – 5, 365, 375 – 7, 382 – 60 – 00 – 257182 – XBook examining the literature written by black people in London
Der Black Atlantic
Haus der Kulturen der WeltBookHaus der Kulturen der Welt2004Berlin, GermanyStreet 66pp.114 – 1183 – 9808851 – 5 – 1Book covering all aspects of art and culture in the ‘black Atlantic’ region
OOtal
 Journal (Swedish/ English)Tidskriften Ootal2004Stockholm, Sweden‘Coming of Age or forever young’ article by Paul Beasley looking at British performance poets including LKJpp.131 – 139ISSN 1404 – 1197Journal covering culture, arts etc.
Love is Lovely
Fagan, GrahamBook/ CatalogueThe Fruitmarket Gallery2002Edinburgh, ScotlandReferences to LKJ and how he/ reggae influenced artist Graham Faganpp.11, 690 – 947912 43 6Art catalogue with essays about work of Graham Fagan and art
Dwelling Places: Postwar Black British Writing
Procter, JamesBookManchester University Press2004Manchester, UKLooks at LKJ’s work with reference to location e.g. the streetspp.17n15, 93, 95, 101, 102 – 8, 109, 114, 155, 1570 – 7190 – 6054 – 0Book exploring some of the key venues of black British literary and cultural production in postwar period inc.Hanif Kureishi, Farukh Dhondy and Meera Syal
Afrocaraibici a Londra: Linton Kwesi Johnson cantore dub del sociale
Parolai, SaraGraduation thesisUnversity of Genoa, Foreign Languages and Culures2004Genoa, ItalyThesis on LKJAll  
Photography: Making and Breaking Racialised Boundaries: an Essay in Reflexive, Radical and Visual Sociology
Farrar, MaxArticle in ‘Sociological Research Online’www.socres
online.org.uk
Volume 10, Issue 1
31 March 2005WorldwideArticle on sociologyVarious refs  
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse
Brown, Stewart & McWatt, Mark (eds)BookOxford University Press2005Oxford, UKSense Outta Nansense Dread Beat an Blood273 – 50 – 19 – 280332 – 8Poetry anthology
Tell It Like It Is: How our schools fail Black children
Brian Richardson (ed.)BookBookmarks Publications and Trentham Books2005London, UKYout Rebels Interview from Changing Britannia152 – 551 90519206 1Book on black education in the UK
The POT! Anthology
Michael Horovitz (ed.)BookNew Departures2005London, UKReggae Sounds60 – 10 – 902689 – 25 – 8Poetry anthology

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