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"Black Girl with the short kinky twirl,
One I could twirl,
I am the pretty BLACK GIRL  in the RING." 


Linisa George is a creative outburst of energy. Born in Guyana, Linisa migrated with her family to Antigua, the island where she calls home, at the tender age of 4. She wrote in secret from the age of 6; her poems were her escape from a world that she didn’t think she fit into. It wasn’t until 2003 while living in Toronto where she discovered the writings of the amazing Maya Angelou, that she realised that her life’s fulfillment was masked in her words. Linisa moved back to Antigua in 2005, where after many false starts she was able to push start her career in the literary and performing arts. She is a poet, freelance writer, director and playwright.

A strong advocate for gender justice, she is an Executive member of Women of Antigua (WOA), a non-profit organization established in January 2008 that were responsible for bringing The Vagina Monologues to Antigua, and spear heading the compilation of the original play When A Woman Moans; monologues written by Antiguan women that tackle the subject matters of rape, death, child birth, domestic violence, abortion and sexual freedom. She is co-owner of a creative arts company, August Rush Productions, and the Director of The Young Poets Society of Antigua & Barbuda. The latter is an organization that uses poetry to awaken the creative elements in young people ages 12 to 18. Linisa is co-creator of Expressions; ‘Poetry In The Pub’, a bi-monthly open mic event that highlights the local talent of spoken word artists and musicians on the island. She has won three National Youth Awards in Antigua: two for Literary Arts (2010 and 2012) and one for Youth Activism  -WOA (2012). 

To date, her poetry has been published in three anthologies; The World Record by Bloodaxe  Books (2012),  The 2012 Antigua and Barbuda Review of Books and So The Nailhead Bend, So The Story End and Anthology of Antiguan and Barbudan writing (2012). Linisa has written for The Daily Observer newspaper (Antigua), 365antigua.com, The Coil Review and other newspaper and magazine publications. She has functioned in the roles of feature writer, Sub-editor and Editor and many other projects. Linisa  continues to work hard as she nurtures her writing skills and crafts a career as a creative.







"I believe in light and darkness.  I am a work in progress and I embrace the lessons taught, both the good and bad. I want to achieve everything, so I try my hand at everything. I know I will fail at many things, but failure is the catalyst of success. I've always been the black girl in the ring, and after years of struggling with that identity I am proud to say it isn't something I'd change."