𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -

Walcott's epic poetic work is at once a refiguring of Homer and the colonial history of St. Lucia, of the indigenous everywhere, of the myths which mark poet and people. An extraordinary layering of all.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #derekwalcott #poetry #omeros #homer #stlucia #caribbeanliterature #epicpoetry #colonialism #magicalrealism #visionquest

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 -

Clarke's original Caribbean hybrid of history and myth is an act of art and decolonialization, of imagination and resistance to the mainstream, though not wholly penetrable to audiences beyond the island culture.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #matthewclarke #hardears #caribbeanliterature #graphicnovel #nigellynch #history #mythology #colonialism #traditionalism

“I do not sleep to dream
but dream to change the world”

― Martin Carter

#quote #poet #caribbeanliterature #dreams

“The likenesses will meet and make merry, but they won’t know you, the you that’s hidden somewhere in the castle of your skin.”

George Lamming (1927-2022) Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet... from "In the Castle of My Skin' (1953)

#quote #literature #caribbeanliterature

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁'𝘀 "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" -

Walcott's epic poem of St. Lucia, but also of postcolonial culture, Homeric epics, the Revolutionary War, American Western expansion, language and art, aging, tourist economies, and a host of other layers is both poem and dream-state, compelling story and unnerving memory.

https://youtu.be/rBIcxQuwNN4

#books #bookreviews#tbr #tbrpile #quotes #reading #poetry #epicpoetry #caribbeanliterature #stlucia #postcolonialism

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 -

No real idea what I'm in for here, but it looks like colonialist dystopia in the Caribbean with a dark magic industrialist stealing the powerful spirit of the island peoples. But something quite a bit else, too . . .

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #matthewclarke #hardears #caribbeanliterature #graphicnovel

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -

An epic poetic work of seven small volumes combined as quest, immigration challenge, and literary escape, multiple themes interweaving in probably Walcott's greatest work.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #poetry #derekwalcott #epicpoetry #omeros #caribbeanliterature

I am glad to be away from X/Twitter. 364 days a year, I don't miss it.

But then comes today. An absolute giant of Caribbean literature, Guadeloupean novelist (and essayist) Maryse Condé, has died at the age of 90. And the community with whom I would mourn and celebrate her is ... not on here.

Anyway: here is a Guardian article about her: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/02/maryse-conde-guadelopean-grand-storyteller-dies-aged-90

Much of her work is in translation (into multiple languages), and very well worth your time.
#CaribbeanLiterature
#MaryseConde

SUBWISE #8 – Rote Flora Soli Rave
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Rote Flora Soli Rave
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#cumbia #afrobeat #CaribbeanLiterature
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more info:
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