{"id":50514,"date":"2016-12-11T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=50514"},"modified":"2016-12-11T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T18:26:13","slug":"from-her-dad-to-her-jamish-roots-a-poet-pieces-her-story-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=50514","title":{"rendered":"From Her Dad To Her &#8216;Jamish&#8217; Roots, A Poet Pieces Her Story Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/12\/28\/372526513\/from-her-dad-to-her-jamish-roots-a-poet-pieces-her-story-together\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>From Her Dad To Her &#8216;Jamish&#8217; Roots, A Poet Pieces Her Story Together<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/all-things-considered\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Considered<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">National Public Radio<\/a><br \/>\n2014-12-28<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/223448903\/arun-rath\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arun Rath<\/strong><\/a>, Host<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/372526513\/373657801\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Growing up in 1970s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/England\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salenagodden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salena Godden<\/a> stood out. Her mother was Jamaican and her father was an Irish jazz musician who mysteriously disappeared from her life when she was very young.<\/p>\n<p>In her memoir, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=50504\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Springfield Road<\/em><\/a>, the writer, poet and musician tells the story of finding her personal identity, beginning with the word she made up to describe her race: Jamish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of &#8230; a mix of being Jamaican, Irish, English,&#8221; she tells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR&#8217;s<\/a> Arun Rath. &#8220;It&#8217;s the name I gave myself.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/12\/28\/372526513\/from-her-dad-to-her-jamish-roots-a-poet-pieces-her-story-together\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Download the interview (00:06:15)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/atc\/2014\/12\/20141228_atc_from_her_dad_to_her_jamish_roots_a_poet_pieces_her_story_together.mp3?orgId=1&amp;topicId=1033&amp;d=375&amp;p=2&amp;story=372526513&amp;t=progseg&amp;e=373622185&amp;seg=12&amp;siteplayer=true&amp;dl=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Read the transcript <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/transcript\/transcript.php?storyId=372526513\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Her Dad To Her &#8216;Jamish&#8217; Roots, A Poet Pieces Her Story Together All Things Considered National Public Radio 2014-12-28 Arun Rath, Host Growing up in 1970s England, Salena Godden stood out. Her mother was Jamaican and her father was an Irish jazz musician who mysteriously disappeared from her life when she was very young. 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