PBS

Caribbean artists remember poet Derek Walcott

Since Nobel laureate and Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott died Friday, remembrances have flooded in for the complicated but mighty writer, who captured the lush beauty of the Caribbean and ...
Antigua Observer Newspaper

Local students shine in Caribbean Poetry Contest

The Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries is proud to announce that Shakeir Thomas of Antigua Grammar School has won the Secondary School category of Macmillan Education’s Language ...
Global Voices Online

After Planting the Caribbean in Our Collective Imagination, Sir Derek Walcott, ‘One of the Great Poets of All Time’, Has Died

Derek Walcott, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, the titan who planted Caribbean poetry deep into our global literary consciousness, has died at his St. Lucia home today. Walcott was 87.
WLRN

A Night Of Exploring Caribbean Narratives Through Food And Poetry

Red Cabbage Picklez with Indian Chaat Masala prepared by chefs Matthew Webb and Anita Sharma. Miami is the backyard of the Caribbean and it’s National Poetry Month, so naturally there’s a convening ...
Trinidad Express Newspapers

Caribbean Poets Publish 'Roraima' An Anthology Of Poetry

Six Caribbean poets from the Toronto/Southern Ontario region have announced the joint publication of Roraima, an anthology of poetry from emerging Caribbean Canadian writers. The new collection of 75 ...
The Express Tribune

Acclaimed Barbadian poet who exhaled Caribbean's Afro roots dies

REUTERS: Internationally acclaimed Barbadian poet, essayist and historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite, whose prolific writings sought to assert the identity of Caribbean peoples and their African roots, ...
UNESCO

Emerging Caribbean poetry, guest of honour at the Paris Poetry Market, with the support of UNESCO Transcultura

Selected from 252 applicants through an open call, these young poets hail from 10 different Caribbean countries including Tanicia Pratt, from the Bahamas; Cindy Celeste, from Barbados; Taimi Dieguez ...
Publishers Weekly

Under the Moon & Over the Sea: A Collection of Caribbean Poems

More than 30 poets conjure island life-the sea, storytelling, food, nature and the experience of travelling away from home-in Under the Moon & Over the Sea: A Collection of Caribbean Poems, ed. by ...
Yahoo

OBITUARY-Barbadian poet Kamau, who exalted Caribbean's Afro roots, dies

BRIDGETOWN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Internationally acclaimed Barbadian poet, essayist and historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite, whose prolific writings sought to assert the identity of Caribbean peoples and ...
UNESCO

Ten young poets from the Caribbean showcased their work at the Paris Poetry Market

From 6 to 11 June 2023, ten young poets from the Caribbean participated in the 40th edition of the Poetry Market (Marché de la Poésie), held in the heart of the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. This ...
Hyperallergic

A Celebration of Contemporary Caribbean Poetry at the Brooklyn Museum

On Saturday, August 4, as part of their First Saturdays event series, the Brooklyn Museum will host a night of poetry with Cave Canem poets Rico Frederick, Erica Mapp, and Camille Rankine to celebrate ...