Positions Held
- 2008: Montgomery Fellow in residence and Visiting Professor of English, Dartmouth College, NH
- 2005-present: Vice President, North American Network of Cities of Asylum
- 2003-present: Advisory Board of BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES
- 2002-03: Mel and Lois Tukman Fellow of the New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
- 2002-present: Senior Adviser – Literature, The British Council, London
- 1996: Series Editor, FABER AND FABER, London
- 1996: Co–Producer, THE FINAL PASSAGE, Channel 4
- 1995-present: Advisory Editor, JOURNAL OF POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
- 1995–present: Advisory Editor, WASIFIRI MAGAZINE, London
- 1994: Director, HEARTLAND PRODUCTIONS LTD. [until 2000]
- 1994–present: Consultant Editor, GRAYWOLF PRESS, Minneapolis
- 1993–present: Contributing Editor, BOMB MAGAZINE, New York
- 1992: Consultant Editor, FABER INC. Boston [until 1994]
- 1989–present: Board Member, THE CARIBBEAN WRITER, St. Croix, USVI
- 1988–present: Honorary Senior Member, THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT, England
- 1985: Board Member, THE BUSH THEATRE, London [until 1989]
- 1985: Member of THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Production Board [until 1988]