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Vangerry Oldham
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Born British (Crewe); British education (Stafford - King Edward VI); recruited to educate the then Crown Colony of the Bahamas, which thereafter proceeded to educate him.
Married a Bahamian lady (Van), who continued his education.
Collaborated with his wife in the production of three sons and various publications for their extended family, in and out of schools.
Became officially Bahamian when the Commonwealth went independent (he couldn't take the heat with all those born-Bahamians in the family).
Writes on a variety of subjects both fiction and non-fiction.
Loves poetry: Its rythms and rhymes are the heart-beats of life; its meanings are condensed emotion 'remembered in tranquillity' (Wordsworth).
Hates poetic affectations: Excuse for bad spelling and bad grammar; convoluted forms and abstruse thinking.
Birth Place: Crewe, England
Accomplishments: Professional: TC; Dip.Ed.(Speech and Drama); LCP (English Literature); MSc. (Educational Systems);PhD. (English Lit.)
Justice of the Peace for Eleuthera (2006)
Bahamian Awards and Certificates for Literature, Drama, TV and Radio Production,Festivals. National Anthologies,etc.
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Passing Jacks $14,
Long Memory $25,
Books
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Poetry
Eleuthera -The Island of Freedom by Vangerry Oldham
It's better to be in Eleuthera than in a north-eastern blizzard. Wish you were here: Vangerry....
The Lost Arawak by Vangerry Oldham
A commentary on the early history of our Country (The Bahamas). It is relevant to ''Passing Jacks'' and ''Long Memory''; and also,perhaps, to the Sioux,
the Apache etc. ...
One of those days by Vangerry Oldham
Finished Ha! Ha! article on reviewing.
Watched CNN - 7year old beaten to death.
Read local paper - prison escape, warder stabbed to death.
Wrote the poem below.
Went back to bed - dang...
Two Haiku by Vangerry Oldham
Beware...
The Name of a Man (from 'Passing Jacks') by Vangerry Oldham
"What is Man that thou art mindful of him?"...
Every Year (from 'Passing Jacks') by Vangerry Oldham
Country (from 'Passing Jacks') by Vangerry Oldham
This could be any country....
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Articles
Reviewing as an Art Form by Vangerry Oldham
A ''do-it-yourself'' glance at ''Reviewing''....
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News
Devil's Vacation by Vangerry Oldham
Work in progress - long before people went missing from Cruise Ships.
Work still in progress....
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Links
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| Store Front - Vangerry Oldham
Blogs, pictures, books,etc.
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Devil's Vacation
Work in progress - see site above.
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Reviewer.
See article on 'Reviewing as an Art Form'.
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Additional information
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| Lately the Oldham Family, has developed a sense of its place in the Global village. Hence , Vangerry wrote:
"Long Memory", a novel which traces the ‘history’ of a multi-racial family from 1492 to the 2000 Millennium. It is set against the backgrounds of Mexico, the Bahamas, America and England.
The novel also chronicles a five hundred year ‘love’ commitment; and intertwined with the main theme are several other romantic affairs.
In addition to ‘telling stories’, ‘Long Memory’ also makes incidental observations on the human condition of contrasting cultures, and gives a ‘twist’ to the classical microcosm/macrocosm equation.
A multitude of characters: Arawak, Aztec, Amerindian, Colonial British, Modern British and Modern Bahamian interact smoothly and sympathetically as their individual histories evolve and interweave.
The concept of ‘Long Memory’ – a ‘personalization of ‘folk memory’ - gives continuity to the novel, and provides the ‘springboard’ for a surprising denouement.
Work in Progress: 'Devil's Vacation'- no details as yet. |
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Contact
Information
Vangerry Projects
'The Lions' PO Box 12, Rock Sound, Eleuthera,
Bahamas |
Work phone: 1-242-3342310
Fax: 1-242-3342310
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