Derek Walcott continues to receive acclaim for his latest work, White Egrets. Just this week, he won the T.S. Eliot Prize, valued at 15,000 pounds, emerging at the top of a prestigiuos group of poets.
Chair of the T.S. Eliot Prize, Anne Stevenson, described White Egrets as "moving and technically flawless.... These are beautiful lines, beautiful poetry". Well said!
Here is a link to the Guardian coverage:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/24/ts-eliot-prize-derek-walcott
1/23/2011
Running the Dusk & White Egrets On CRB's 2010 Best Books
Christian Campbell's Running the Dusk and Derek Walcott's White Egrets are included on the Caribbean Review of Books (CRB) 2010 Books of the Year. See previous postings on these two outstanding authors and their works.
I am also pleased to see another favorite writer, Edwidge Danticat, make the list for Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work. I have seen the positive reviews for this latest work and am hoping to read it soon.
Do you have any favorites that made the list? How about those that you think should have made the list? I'd love to have you share your thoughts on this.
Happy reading!
I am also pleased to see another favorite writer, Edwidge Danticat, make the list for Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work. I have seen the positive reviews for this latest work and am hoping to read it soon.
Do you have any favorites that made the list? How about those that you think should have made the list? I'd love to have you share your thoughts on this.
Happy reading!
1/21/2011
End of Calabash?
I learned today via the Caribbean Review of Books blog some surprising news about the possible end (or cancellation for this year only?) of the Calabash International Literary Festival, held annually since 2000 on Jamaica's southcoast.
Jamaica's Gleaner also ran this article this past Tuesday, No More Calabash, in which one of the organizers, Kwame Daves gave some details. The CRB blog noted these developments, in a post entitled Calabash Farewell. The CRB blog post also linked to Annie Paul's blog Active Voice, in which she commented on the 2011 cancellation.
The Calabash International Literary Festival has been a collaborative effort of Colin Channer and Kwame Dawes, two established Caribbean writers, and it has attracted a lot of international interest in recent years and has been successful in drawing international and local literary giants to the island, as it sought to showcase Caribbean literature.
I really hope that whatever the issues are that surround this year's cancellation, they may be resolved and that the festival may return next year. I have never been to a Calabash festival and I know that I have been missing much, but I would love to have the opportunitiy to attend someday.
Have you ever been to Calabash? If yes, I would love to hear your thoughts on these latest developments.
Jamaica's Gleaner also ran this article this past Tuesday, No More Calabash, in which one of the organizers, Kwame Daves gave some details. The CRB blog noted these developments, in a post entitled Calabash Farewell. The CRB blog post also linked to Annie Paul's blog Active Voice, in which she commented on the 2011 cancellation.
The Calabash International Literary Festival has been a collaborative effort of Colin Channer and Kwame Dawes, two established Caribbean writers, and it has attracted a lot of international interest in recent years and has been successful in drawing international and local literary giants to the island, as it sought to showcase Caribbean literature.
I really hope that whatever the issues are that surround this year's cancellation, they may be resolved and that the festival may return next year. I have never been to a Calabash festival and I know that I have been missing much, but I would love to have the opportunitiy to attend someday.
Have you ever been to Calabash? If yes, I would love to hear your thoughts on these latest developments.
1/20/2011
Who is your favorite Caribbean Poet?
Hello readers of Poets of the Caribbean. Do you have a favorite, or several favorite Caribbean poets? Which Caribbean poets are you reading right now? I would love to hear from you about which poets have inspired you and if there are any particular poems that have touched you in a special way.
The first person to comment will receive a copy of Christian Campbell's Running the Dusk!
The first person to comment will receive a copy of Christian Campbell's Running the Dusk!
1/18/2011
International Writers Project Fellowship (Brown University)
Brown University is offering a ten-month International Writers Project Fellowship to an established international poet or fiction writer "who is unable to practice free expression in his or her homeland". The fellowship, which is an annual one, is valued at approximately $45,000.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2011.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2011.
1/15/2011
Running the Dusk - Reviews
Here are a few reviews of Christian Campbell's Running the Dusk:
1) http://www.peepaltreepress.com/single_book_display.asp?isbn=9781845231552. This review is from Peepal Tree Press, the publishers of Running the Dusk.
2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/05/christian-campbell-aldeburgh-poetry-prize. Guardian, UK
3) http://www.postnoills.com/main/?p=125. Dr. Raina Leon, a 2006 Cave Canem Fellow, contributed this review on Post No Ills.
4) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/features/in-the-diaspora/10/04/celebrating-a-new-generation-of-caribbean-poets-storying-the-world/# Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana
5) http://www.thenewspaper.ca/the-inside/item/379-the-first-time-i-made-curry The Newspaper, Canada
6) http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/22-july-2010/i-must-make-trouble-for-the-nation/
Christian Campbell discusses Running the Dusk with Lisa Allen-Agostini of the CRB.
1) http://www.peepaltreepress.com/single_book_display.asp?isbn=9781845231552. This review is from Peepal Tree Press, the publishers of Running the Dusk.
2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/05/christian-campbell-aldeburgh-poetry-prize. Guardian, UK
3) http://www.postnoills.com/main/?p=125. Dr. Raina Leon, a 2006 Cave Canem Fellow, contributed this review on Post No Ills.
4) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/features/in-the-diaspora/10/04/celebrating-a-new-generation-of-caribbean-poets-storying-the-world/# Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana
5) http://www.thenewspaper.ca/the-inside/item/379-the-first-time-i-made-curry The Newspaper, Canada
6) http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/22-july-2010/i-must-make-trouble-for-the-nation/
Christian Campbell discusses Running the Dusk with Lisa Allen-Agostini of the CRB.
1/01/2011
Christian Campbell
Happy New Year, Poets of the Caribbean readers!
I am very pleased to feature Christian Campbell as my poet of the month for this first day of the first month of 2011. Christian Campbell is the winner of the 2010 Aldeburgh Poetry Prize for his first collection, Running the Dusk, which has received very positive reviews since its publication. He was also shortlisted for the Forward Poetry prize. Running the Dusk was published by Peepal Tree Press
Christian was born in The Bahamas and is of Bahamian and Trinidadian heritage. A Rhodes Scholar, Cave Canem Fellow, and the recipient of a Lannan Residency Fellowship, Christian is currently a Professor of English at the University of Toronto.
Christian Campbell's work was previously featured in New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology (2007), which was edited by Kei Miller.
Here is a link to an interview Christian Campbell recently gave to the Caribbean Review of Books:
http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/22-july-2010/i-must-make-trouble-for-the-nation/.
I am sure that we are going to be reading a lot more of Campbell's work in the future.
I am very pleased to feature Christian Campbell as my poet of the month for this first day of the first month of 2011. Christian Campbell is the winner of the 2010 Aldeburgh Poetry Prize for his first collection, Running the Dusk, which has received very positive reviews since its publication. He was also shortlisted for the Forward Poetry prize. Running the Dusk was published by Peepal Tree Press
Christian was born in The Bahamas and is of Bahamian and Trinidadian heritage. A Rhodes Scholar, Cave Canem Fellow, and the recipient of a Lannan Residency Fellowship, Christian is currently a Professor of English at the University of Toronto.
Christian Campbell's work was previously featured in New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology (2007), which was edited by Kei Miller.
Here is a link to an interview Christian Campbell recently gave to the Caribbean Review of Books:
http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/22-july-2010/i-must-make-trouble-for-the-nation/.
I am sure that we are going to be reading a lot more of Campbell's work in the future.
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