St. Lucia: an island made of words
. . . growths hidden in green darkness, forests of history thickening with amnesia, so that a man’s branched, naked trunk, its roots...
Reviews (July/August 2009)
BOOK REVEIWS A piecemeal portrayal Lisa Allen-Agostini A mere ten years ago, photography was discussed in terms of shutter speed, aperture,...
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse: landscape of love
As a long-time resident of Oxford (UK, that is—there are hundreds of others all over the world) and an alumnus of the old university,...
Soak in St Lucia
If you have read Derek Walcott, you will start to recognise his territory as you look around Castries, the capital of St Lucia. If you...
What’s fun and fresh in the Caribbean this month
Rude girl power Tanya Stephens isn’t the usual sugar-coated musical snack-bite that record companies seem so fond of. She’s too honest...
Homecoming
The Prodigal by Derek Walcott (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, ISBN 0-374-23743-3, 105 pp) In an interview with Edward Hirsch in 1985,...
Another life?
Our Lady of Demerara by David Dabydeen (Dido Press, ISBN 1-902-115-44-9, 278 pp) David Dabydeen is a writer festooned with respect. Born in...
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2013)
Picturing the Caribbean The traditional photo book is going through some changes. No longer content to reside stoutly on coffee tables,...
