“Calabash – the only place were you would find a lesbian poet, a former Prime Minister who owns a football team, and the slackest man in Jamaica.” One of the Calabash founders, referring to Staceyann Chin, Edward Seaga, and Anthony Winkler.
What was it about this year’s Calabash that still causes its many images and tones [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 26, 2009
The Calabash experience
May 19, 2009
Philosophy in a poem
Facilitator, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and fellow blogger, Marguerite Orane, whom I had met late last year, and whose book, Free and Laughing, has made a tremendous impact on my approach to life, shared a poem yesterday, which I found quite thought-provoking, and also felt compelled to share. In her reflections on the insightful piece, penned [...]
May 13, 2009
Skewed, skewered, and screwed!
If ever there was a totally skewed portrayal of Jamaica, then this has to be it!
I feel as if my fellow Jamaicans and I have been thoroughly skewered and screwed! Now, it is said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but somehow, I think we would have fared far better with the latter [...]
May 11, 2009
Writers’ Block: Geoffrey Philp & Marlon James
Geoffrey Philp
Jamaican poet, novelist, and fellow blogger, Geoffrey Philp, will be reading from his latest collection, Who’s Your Daddy?: And Other Stories, at this year’s annual Calabash International Literary Festival.
“To be invited to read with this the select group of writers at the Calabash International Literary Festival is an honor that I will always cherish,” [...]
