SOURCE: “Don't Worry, Be Happy,” in The Nation, February 18, 1991, pp. 207–09.
In the following review of Lucy, Als discusses Kincaid's bitter depiction of Caribbean colonialism and racism in Lucy and A Small Place, noting their effect on shattering the popular myth of tropical paradise.
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