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We revisit Ramabai Espinet, our Storyteller of the Month
By Colin Rickards | Posted: March 29, 2005
Wetmore Hall at the University of Toronto's New College, reverberated with the sound of tassa drums, Caribbean voices and laughter. The savoury scent of Indo-Caribbean cuisine wafted as writer Ramabai Espinet and publisher HarperCollins gave her novel The Swinging Bridge a joyous send-off.
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“I'm comfortable being uncomfortable”... »
Shani Mootoo, our Storyteller of the month
By Shana L. Calixte and Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: March 16, 2005
Both in her writing and her life, Shani Mootoo can not be summed up in just one word.
As a video producer, multimedia artist, painter and writer, Mootoo has come to grapple with some of the many themes in diasporic Caribbean work – those of identity, authenticity, hybridity and change – many
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Placing Value on the Imagination »
Caryl Phillips, our Storyteller of the Month
By Tumelo E. Phali and Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005
Born in St. Kitts in the Caribbean and raised in England since early childhood, acclaimed writer Caryl Philips has dedicated his decade long work to bringing issues of history into the centre of the future. His highly-respected work in television, radio, cinema, theatre and literature reflects
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