Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid (1949- ) On May 25, 1949 in St. ... She left her name behind in 1973 because her family disapproved of her writing and entered New York as Jamaica Kincaid. ... After various receptionist and secretarial positions Kincaid began her career as a writer with an interview piece on Gloria Steinem for Seventeen Magazine. ... Jamaica Kincaid is now married to a composer and professor at Bennington College named Allen Shawn.