Bi-racial, father is Jamaican, and his mother is Irish.
Worked variously as a librarian, actor, filing clerk, theatrical stage
worker, free-lance journalist, and as a nanny and tutor.
Tours the country as a stand up comedian (2002)
1/2 of the rap duo Kid-N-Play
Alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science, a specialized high school
in New York City.
Eric Gregory Award, 1978; Prudence Farmer Award for poetry (cowinner
with Craig Raine), 1978 and 1980; Somerset Maugham Award and
Hawthornden Prize, both 1980, both for Arcadia.