Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven


This page is devoted to the study of Michelle Cliff's 1987 novel No Telephone to Heaven. It contains a brief biography of the author, a bibliography of works by Cliff as well as critical studies of the novel, annotations for No Telephone to Heaven, and essays dealing with it. To navigate through this site, just click on the buttons in the left-hand column.

The annotations page is keyed to the Plume softcover edition of No Telephone to Heaven (New York: Penguin, 1996). The annotations were a class project for English 123, World Literature in English, an upper-division undergraduate course at San Jose State University during Spring, 1999. Students participating include . . . .

If you have any comments, corrections, criticisms, or contributions, please e-mail the instructor, D. Mesher.



Michelle Cliff




Works by Michelle Cliff






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