Ruth Osman
Singer / Songwriter
Ruth Osman is a Guyanese singer/songwriter, flautist and poet based in Trinidad. She is well-known for her jazz performances over the past decade with the jazz trio Jacoustik and various local and regional musicians. Her poetry collection All Made of Longing won the Guyana Prize for Best First Book of Poetry for 2023.
2:30 pm
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3:30 pm
AV Room, NALIS
Take Three
What can poetry do that other forms of writing can’t? T&T poets Paula Obé Thomas (Remembering her brown head-tie), Ruth Osman (All Made of Longing), and Derron Sandy (The Chaos) read from their work exploring family and ancestry, love, loss, public and private tensions and tenderness, in conversation with Desirée SeebaranWhat can poetry do that other forms of writing can’t? T&T poets Paula Obé Thomas (Remembering her brown head-tie), Ruth Osman (All Made of Longing), and Derron Sandy (The Chaos) read from their work exploring family and ancestry, love, loss, public and private tensions and tenderness, in conversation with Desirée Seebaran