Kim Robinson-Walcott

Kimberly-Ann Robinson-Walcott (born 1956) is a Jamaican poet and editor. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Jamaica Journal since 2004 and editor-in-chief of the Caribbean Quarterly since 2010. Robinson-Walcott is the author of a study of the white Jamaican novelist Anthony Winkler, titled Out of Order!.

Biography Robinson-Walcott was born in 1956 and earned a bachelor's degree in English from McGill University in 1977. In 1979, she earned a master's degree in town planning from University College London. That year, she started her own publishing consulting business, Editors Ink, and returned to Kingston Publishers as the director of editing, Her work there focused on gathering contemporary scholarly work on the arts, history, medicine and science from colleagues at the University of the West Indies and sharing those with the public. Issues might focus on a mix biographical studies of essential figures in Jamaican history, dancehall culture, sculpture, medicinal plants, historic landmarks, aerial photography, as well as book reviews and other topics.

Robinson-Walcott's book Out of Order! (2006) was called "a brilliant exercise in literary criticism" by Caribbean Quarterly. The book examines the work of the white Jamaican novelist Anthony Winkler. Robinson-Walcott knew Winkler personally and he has said that she "discovered" him.

Robinson-Walcott has also done work on John Hearne and challenged his placement in the canon of Caribbean literature. She wrote the introduction for the short-story collection John Hearne's Short Fiction. She has been a fixture on the cultural lecture circuit, giving many presentations on important figures in Jamaica's history and cultural acquisitions, such as Anthony Winkler's archive.

In October 2010, Robinson-Walcott became the editor-in-chief of Caribbean Quarterly, simultaneously continuing her work with the Jamaica Journal.

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