Recent Posts Tagged With 'trinidad'

• Derek Walcott on Rap, Ruth Padel and Much More...

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 08:18 in caribbean, trinidad, derek walcott

  “But I think the activity of rap is a very healthy thing. I think if young writers are trying to rhyme, which is what they’re doing, it’s like a formal protest, in terms of composition.” “It startled me, when rap came around, because you ...

• Permission to Speak: Anton Nimblett

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 09:16 in caribbean, trinidad, gender issues

  I'll start with one word, "permission". As a good West Indian boy, I learned early -- and perhaps too well -- to ask for permission. Before interrupting a "big-people" conversation, before having a piece of coconut fudge. Permission to ask for per...

• Introduction to Derek Walcott @ CABA: Carole Boyce Davies

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 00:23 in trinidad, derek walcott, caribbean authors, st. lucia

  Carole Boyce Davies was born in Trinidad. She was recruited to build the African-New World Studies Program at FIU, she served as its director for three successful three-year appointments, which moved the program to international recognition. Boyce-Da...

• Three Poems by Jennifer Rahim

  Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 00:12 in trinidad, caribbean authors, caribbean women writers

  Jennifer Rahim is Trinidadian. Her first collection of poems, Mothers Are Not the Only Linguists was published in 1992, followed by Between the Fence and the Forest (Peepal Tree, 2002). She also writes short fiction and criticism. She currently teach...

• My Pentateuch: Monique Roffey

  Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 00:59 in caribbean, trinidad, caribbean authors

  I guess my five top books of all time aren’t just great novels, but ones which taught me something about how to write. All have given me great pleasure as a reader, but also they are benchmarks in my writing life, they have impressed me and show...