Janis Mayes
Research and Teaching Interests
African and Diaspora literatures in French and English languages, International Black women's writing and critical theories; Toni Morrison; Literary translation practice and studies.
Books
Selected Publications
Toni Morrison: Au-Dela du visible ordinaire/ Beyond the Ordinary Visible (with Kekeh-Dika and Graham), L’Imaginaire du Texte, Presses Universitaire de Vincennes, 2015.
A Rain of Words: A Bi-lingual Anthology of Women's Poetry in Francophone Africa (editor, Irene d'Almeida), CARAF Books, University of Virginia Press, 2009.
-- Audio: Five (5) Translations from A Rain of Words featured during special series organized by the Scottish library featuring poems from every single nation competing in the 2012 World Olympics held in London.
http://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/my-son
http://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/agoh-o-childrens-nation
http://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/village
http://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/african-moon
http://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/thank-you-being-woman
The Blind Kingdom (Le Royaume Aveugle) by Véronique Tadjo, Ayebia Clarke Publishers, 2008.
Mapping Intersections: African Literature and Africa's Development ( with Anne Adams). Africa World Press, 1998
The City Where No One Dies (La Ville Où Nul Ne Meurt) by Bernard Binlin Dadie. Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1986.
Memberships
Fulbright Scholar & Visiting Professor : Cheikh Anta Diop Université de Dakar; Université Nationale de Cote d’Ivoire (Cocody)
International Program SU-Abroad, Founding Director: Paris Noir: Literature, Art and Contemporary Life in Diaspora, 2000-
Former Member, Texts and Translations Publications Committee, Modern Language Association
Former President, African Literature Association
Editorial Boards, JALA ( Journal of the African Literature Association); Présence Africaine