Grace Nichols’ poetry has a gritty lyricism that addresses the transatlantic connections central to the Caribbean-British experience.Her work brings a mythic awareness and a sensuous musicality that is at the same time disquieting.Born and educated in Guyana, Grace Nichols moved to Britain in 1977.I Have Crossed an Ocean is a comprehensive selection spanning some 25 years of her writing.Her later collections are not covered by this selection: Picasso, I Want My Face Back (2009), The Insomnia Poems (2017) and Passport from Here to There (2020).
