Swing from a Small Island – the story of Leslie Thompson Adel Karasholi

Swing from a Small Island – the story of Leslie Thompson Adel KarasholiThe life story of a swing era trumpeter from Jamaica, a vivid and frank account of the remarkable life of a religious man with few axes to grind. Leslie Thompson (190187) was born in Jamaica, raised there at Alpha Cottage School, and joined the West India Regiment as a bandsman. He moved permanently to England in 1929 and played in dance and jazz bands in clubs and theatres, toured with Louis Armstrong, and worked with the most significant black

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Hubert Moore

introduced by Banipal’s consulting editor Mona Zaki

Salmon: A Journey in Poetry 1981-2007 celebrates 26 years of innovative and exciting Irish and international poetry

He is currently Senior Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Sussex

a dreamy novel

Her child's-eye narrations are remarkably empathetic

Her work has appeared nationally and internationally in literary magazines and anthologies

— Sephardi Bulletin

and land birds nest on its mast

Tribute to novelist Hani al-Raheb