Clifton Arthur Luke

Clifton Arthur Luke was born in Barbados in 1952. He studied physical anthropology at Columbia University, and has taught biology and anthropology at Mercy College and the College of New Rochelle. His second book, MERMAIDS ON NEPTUNE: LITERARY REFLECTIONS ON CONEY ISLAND CULTURE, a collection of literary and philosophical essays, was published in December 2009. Another book, MULTICULTURALISM: ACCOMODATIONIST POLITICS OR POSTMODERN NONENSE,is forthcoming. He currently lives in Coney Island, Brooklyn.