Derek Walcott's White Egrets Wins the 2011 OCM Bocas Prize

Derek Walcott's White Egrets has won the 2011 OCM Bocas Prize.

I knew it! White Egrets is a great read, and I absolutely enjoyed reading it.

Congratulations, Derek Walcott, for another deserved win.

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!

White Egrets, One of New York Times Notable Books of 2010

I just learned today that Derek Walcott's latest work, White Egrets (see my previous post with links to a review by the Caribbean Review of Books) made the New York Times list of 100 Notable Books for 2010.

White Egrets is truly a great read! If you have not yet read it, I highly recommend it. Here is the link to the New York Times list:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html?_r=1