Abstract
Gayl Jones has written in a variety of genres, but she is best known for her novels, most notably her first, Corrigedora (1975). Jones's work insists on the significance of the past – in both its painful and celebratory manifestations – to the present, especially for black women. Textual experimentation, particularly the use of the conventions of African American oral narrative and music, is central to Jones's aesthetic. Her work also reflects her interest in both North and South American history; in a 1982 interview, she discussed her interest in Brazilian history, which informs several of her works, asserting that “the Brazilian experience (purely literary and imaginative since I've never been there) helped to give perspective on the American one” (Rowell 41).
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