Powell shows us the living within the dying, the foreigner within the native born, the male within the female. Her tales unfold like dreams spread out on a table.”
- Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia
“One of the most exciting writers living and writing on the island that is the Caribbean-American hyphen.”
- Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory
“With her flawless ear for the poetic vernacular of her native Jamaica and her in-depth understanding of the complexity of island society, Powell continues to affirm the Caribbean’s rightful place on the literary map of the world.”
- Paule Marshall, author of Praisesong for the Widow
“Me Dying Trial pays homage to mothers, aunts, and grandmothers, who are the heart of a Caribbean household. At times I almost forgot that I was reading a novel, for I was finally hearing and looking into the silences I’ve wanted to ask my mother about her womanhood in Jamaica and her immigration to New York as a single mother of three. Patricia Powell is one of our greatest Caribbean writers. Me Dying Trial is an inspiration.”
- Alexia Arthurs, author of How to Love a Jamaican