By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2012 Bocas Lit fest blogger Lasana Sekou takes to the aisles during his poetry reading! Our spirited moderator Rose-Ann Walker reminded us as we settled in for this, the first poetry reading of Bocas 2012, that both Kendel Hippolyte and Lasana Sekou are studied at the secondary school level. The youth of […]
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2012 Bocas Lit fest blogger Erna Brodber answers Lisa Allen-Agostini’s question, as Karen Lord listens. It can be vaguely (or extremely) surreal to realize, “Hey… I’m sitting in the same room asErna Brodber… does… does she know who she is?” I know, I sound like a fangirl, which is apt, because in
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2012 Bocas Lit fest blogger Nicholas Laughlin listens as Sharon Millar reads her story. It’s difficult not to think of Sharon Millar as her own well-deserved success story. The second of Bocas 2012’s New Talent Showcase writers, Millar read on Friday afternoon to the packed room of the Old Fire Station, a
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