Tanya Shirley

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Biography

Tanya Shirley is a Jamaican poet. She currently teaches in the Department of Literatures in English, UWI, Mona. Her poetry collection, The Merchant of Feathers, was released in 2014. She is a Cave Canem Fellow.

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 South Festival Participant

Tanya Shirley

Author, Facilitator
Jamaica
Events Featuring Tanya Shirley
2014
Poetry in Progress
Bocas South Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2014
Tanya Shirley in conversation with Nicholas Laughlin
Bocas South Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
SAPA
2011
Does “Caribbean literature” Really Exist?
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2011
Jane King and Tanya Shirley
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
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