Mervyn Taylor

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Biography

Mervyn Taylor is a Trinidad-born poet who works in visual art. He has taught at the New School and in the New York City public school system and is the author of six books of poetry, including No Back Door (2010), which received the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence, The Waving Gallery (2014) Voices Carry (2017).

Years Attended

2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant

Mervyn Taylor

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Mervyn Taylor
2018
Take Two: Writing Back Home
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Vahni Capildeo and Mervyn Taylor
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Festival on Campus
Festival on Campus, Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room, Alma Jordan Library, UWI