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Annika Neklason for The Atlantic. The rich metaphors and descriptions in Derek Walcott’s poetry render the Caribbean world where he grew up almost tangible: the tropical ocean air; the warm beaches; the birds and sea creatures that populated the coasts—and the specter of colonialism, too, lingering on after the dissolution of centuries-long European control. Saint Lucia,…
Designer Grace Wales Bonner has won the BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund, and will receive mentoring; legal advice; and a cash prize of 100,000 pounds.
Jamaica’s former poet laureate and Queen’s Gold Medal recipient Lorna Goodison is a deeply established writer who has published 15 poetry collections, a number of short story collections, and a memoir. Redemption Ground, a collection of micro-essays, lectures, meditations, and, as the cover notes, “adventures,” is Goodison’s
Our literary tour through Castries, St. Lucia, took us to Derek Walcott's childhood home, located at #17 Chausée Road. The house, once described as a "quaint little gabled cottage with a portico that sported two benches with golden alamanda and poinsettias softening the harshness of the setting sun," is now empty and forlorn. The air…
Following a tense creative process, Simon's first and only musical opened to accusations of glorifying murder. Then the real problems began