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Michelle Cliff (born 2 November 1946) is a Jamaican-American author whose notable works include No Telephone to Heaven, Abeng and Free Enterprise.

Cliff also has written short stories, prose poems and works of literary criticism. Her works explore the various, complex identity problems that stem from post-colonialism, as well as the difficulty of establishing an authentic, individual identity despite race and gender constructs. Cliff is a bisexual who grew up in the violently homophobic, poverty-stricken, colonized island of Jamaica.

Cliff was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1946 and moved with her family to New York City three years later. She was educated at Wagner College and the Warburg Institute at the University of London. She has held academic positions at several colleges including Trinity College and Emory University.

Cliff was a contributor to the Black feminist anthology Home Girls.

As of 1999, Cliff was living in Santa Cruz, California, with her partner, poet Adrienne Rich. The two have been partnered since 1976.

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Total Books: 29
Abeng
Abeng (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780140153149
ISBN-10: 0140153144
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Abeng A Novel
Abeng a Novel [The Crossing Press Feminist Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780895941404
ISBN-10: 0895941406
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Bodies of Water
Bodies of Water (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780413625007
ISBN-10: 0413625001
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Bodies of Water 2
Bodies of Water 2 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780525248644
ISBN-10: 0525248641
Genres: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Literature & Fiction
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Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise
Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780930436063
ISBN-10: 0930436067
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Everything Is Now New and Collected Stories
Everything Is Now New and Collected Stories (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780816655939
ISBN-10: 0816655936
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Free Enterprise
Free Enterprise (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140231601
ISBN-10: 0140231609
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Free Enterprise  A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Free Enterprise a Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780872864375
ISBN-10: 0872864375
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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If I Could Write This in Fire
If I Could Write This in Fire (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780816654741
ISBN-10: 0816654743
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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Into the Interior
Into the Interior (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780816669790
ISBN-10: 0816669791
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The Land of Look Behind Prose and Poetry
The Land of Look Behind Prose and Poetry (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780932379085
ISBN-10: 0932379087
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
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No Telephone in Heaven
No Telephone in Heaven (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780317672992
ISBN-10: 0317672991
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No Telephone to Heaven
No Telephone to Heaven (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780413172303
ISBN-10: 0413172309
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The Store of a Million Items Stories
The Store of a Million Items Stories (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780395901298
ISBN-10: 0395901294
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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