Author: Elizabeth Nunez

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ELIZABETH NUNEZ immigrated to the US from Trinidad after high school. She is the author of ten novels and the coeditor of the anthology Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad. Nunez received her Ph D in English from New York University and is a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, where she teaches creative writing. Nunez is cofounder of the National Black Writers Conference and was executive producer for the 2004 Emmy-nominated CUNY TV series, Black Writers in America. Her awards include the 2013 National Council for Research on Women Outstanding Trailblazer Award, the 2013 Caribbean American Distinguished Writer Award, the 2012 Trinidad and Tobago Lifetime Literary Award, and more. Nunez’s works have been nominated for numerous awards, including the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Fiction, an International Dublin Literary Award, the Trinidad and Tobago One Book, One Community selection, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Novel of the Year for Black Issues Book Review, an American Book Award, the Independent Publishers Book Award, and several others. Her titles have also received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. Her novels Anna In-Between, Even in Paradise, Boundaries, Prospero’s Daughter, Grace, Discretion, and her memoir Not for Everyday Use are published by Akashic Books, as is her latest novel, Now Lila Knows.




10 Ebooks by Elizabeth Nunez

Elizabeth Nunez: Prospero’s Daughter
Set on a Caribbean island in the grip of colonialism, this novel is "masterful . . . simply wonderful . . . [an] exquisite retelling of The Tempest" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).When Pe …
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€19.13
Elizabeth Nunez: Boundaries
A woman struggles with love, work, and identity in a novel by “one of the finest and most necessary voices in contemporary American and Caribbean fiction” (Colum Mc Cann, author of L …
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€19.33
Elizabeth Nunez: Not for Everyday Use
The author explores her mother’s marriage—and fourteen pregnancies—in this “powerful memoir” (Ebony).  One of Oprah.com’s Best Memoirs of the Year Winner …
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€19.33
Elizabeth Nunez: Even in Paradise
A novel of family, privilege, and poverty, described as “King Lear in the Caribbean” (O, The Oprah Magazine).  A New York Post Must-Read Book   Peter Ducksworth, a Trinidad …
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€2.57
Elizabeth Nunez: Anna In-Between
“Deftly explores family strife and immigrant identity . . . expressive prose and convincing characters that immediately hook the reader.” —Publishers Weekly, starred …
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€19.21
Elizabeth Nunez: Grace
“A perceptive and moving tale of an African-American middle-class marriage struggling to right itself.” —Publishers Weekly   Justin and Sally Peters are both passionate educato …
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€19.29
Elizabeth Nunez: Discretion
“A captivating tale of Oufoula Sindede, an African diplomat in a passionless marriage who falls madly in love with Marguerite, a New York City artist.” —Essence   Dutifully mar …
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€19.33
Robert Antoni & Earl Lovelace: Trinidad Noir
“To travel through the 19 works of poetry and prose in this remarkable anthology is to experience Trinidad and Tobago through a kaleidoscopic lens.” —Publishers Weekly, starred revi …
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€19.33
Elizabeth Nunez: Now Lila Knows
There is nothing like racial injustice in America to teach an outsider the differences between perception and reality. “Powerful in message . . . An engaging, warm-hearted, page-turner of a novel.” — …
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€22.99
Robert Antoni & Ramabai Espinet: Trinidad Noir
Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn …
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€19.33