1. Lemn Sissay, ed., The Fire People: A Collection of Contemporary Black British Poets (Edinburgh: The Payback Press, 1998), 8.
2. The Fat Black Woman’s Poems;G Nichols,1984
3. See Moniza Alvi and P. Daniels, Peacock Luggage (Huddersfield: Smith/Doorstop Books, 1992).
4. Jackie Kay, Other Lovers (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1993), 24.
5. Karen McCarthy, ed., Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women’s Poetry (London: The Women’s Press, 1998);