By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2012 Bocas Lit fest blogger Andre Bagoo begins his reading. “Tissues and bones, it was a trick”– Grizzly Bear, ‘Ready, Able’This is one of the epigraphs that introduces you to Andre Bagoo’s 2012 poetry collection, Trick Vessels. The other is a brief account of how a trick vessel functions: by hidden, possibly elaborate, possibly […]
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Arguably one of the liveliest events at last year’s Bocas Lit Fest, the Abercromby Street Arcade performance poetry and open mic jam sessions proved to be no less colourful this time around. Event organizers, prominent artists Gillian Moor and Muhammad Muwakil, were thrilled at the large turnout this year, and worked hard to organize a
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By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2012 Bocas Lit fest blogger Rabindranath Maharaj reads, with Ken Ramchand listening on. Immigration has become more than your grandparents’ or great-grandparents’ yellowing photographs on the mantelpiece. Rabindranath Maharaj, author of The Amazing Absorbing Boy, makes the case for this in his most recent novel, in telling the story of a new type
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