Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaica-born writer, artist and teacher. Since 1993, Opal Palmer Adisa has taught literature and served as Chair of the Ethnic Studies/Cultural Diversity Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Dr. Adisa has two masters degrees from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Novels
Collections
Bake Face (1986)
Traveling Women (1989) (with Devorah Major)
Tamarind and Mango Women (poems) (1992)
Leaf-of-life (poems) (1996)
Caribbean Passion (poems) (2004)
Eros Muse (poems) (2006)
Until Judgement Comes (2006)
I Name Me Name (poems) (2008)
4-Headed Woman (poems) (2013)
Love's Promise (2017)
The Storyteller's Return (poems) (2022)
Traveling Women (1989) (with Devorah Major)
Tamarind and Mango Women (poems) (1992)
Leaf-of-life (poems) (1996)
Caribbean Passion (poems) (2004)
Eros Muse (poems) (2006)
Until Judgement Comes (2006)
I Name Me Name (poems) (2008)
4-Headed Woman (poems) (2013)
Love's Promise (2017)
The Storyteller's Return (poems) (2022)
Anthologies edited
Picture Books show