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I still haven't recovered from the Caribbean Literary Studies conference in honor of Dr. Sandra Pouchet Paquet at the University of Miami on March 4, 20011. George Lamming, the keynote speaker, gave a remarkable lecture in which he outlined some of the major themes in Caribbean literature and expanded our understanding about the work of authors such as Nicolas Guillen, Édouard Glissant , Alejo Carpentier, and Derek Walcott. In the next few days, I will be giving a brief summary of his lecture and provide links.

I’ll also post of recap of “An Evening with the Authors” at Books and Books on March 3, 2011 and a follow-up to the review of Kamau Brathwaite’s Elegguas. To my surprise and delight, Kamau responded to the review and he has agreed to the publication of our online conversation as an “xtension of the dialogue.”

Finally, Dr. Pat Saunders and Dr. Andrea Shaw have initiated an effort to organize a virtual meet-up of the participants of the Caribbean Summer Writers’ Institute, which was hosted by the University of Miami English Department. The Institute was held for five weeks during the summer in Miami, Florida from 1991 through 1996. Each year the program arranged public readings and interviews at a variety of locations in Miami and was a fertile meeting space for many Caribbean authors listed here:

Alvarez, Celia

Anthony, Michael, 1930-

Antoni, Brian, 1959-

Antoni, Robert, 1958-

Baugh, Edward

Bethel-Bennett, Ian

Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-

Castro, Adrian, 1967-

D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-

Dabydeen, Cyril, 1945-

Dabydeen, David

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

Dash, J. Michael

Edgell, Zee

Frederick, Rawle

Freeman, Sharon

Goulbourne, Jean

Harmon, Juanita

Harrison, Faye

Hillhouse, Joanne C.

Hippolyte, Kendel

Horne, Naana Banyiwa

Hyppolite, Joanne, 1969-

Jack, Deborah

James, Cynthia

Johnson, Jacqueline, 1957-

Johnson, Nicola

Kristensen, Randi Gray

Lamming, George, 1927-

Manoo-Rahming, Lelawattee

Morisseau-Leroy, Felix, 1912-

Morris, Mervyn

Page, Kezia Ann

Persaud, Sasenarine

Philp, Geoffrey

Pollard, Velma

Quashie, Cin D

Senior, Olive

Smith, Malachi D. Sankey

Strachan, Ian G. (Ian Gregory), 1969-

Taitt, Marina

Weir-Soley, Donna

Stay tuned!

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