‘To be someone’s daughter is to carry a great burden. To become yourself, you must reject, kill, refuse the mother, leave home, write books and essays against her, marry a white man, build a life that is illegible to her.’ Ogazielum Mba on Jamaica Kincaid: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ogazielum Mba · This is how you smile: On Jamaica Kincaid

In Kincaid’s fictional world, to be someone’s daughter is to carry a great burden. To become yourself, you must...