Celebrating the quarter-century anniversary of Shani Mootoo’s groundbreaking and now classic debut novel and its impact on Caribbean LGBTQ literature. The author talks to Shivanee Ramlochan about Cereus and the subsequent direction of her career, while writers Andre Bagoo, Nadja Nabbie, and Stephanie Ramlogan read new short pieces inspired by/ or responding to Mootoo’s text.
Authors
Interviews & Readings
Re-live some of the best of contemporary poetry and fiction, from the exciting line-up of Caribbean and international authors who have graced the NGC Bocas Lit Fest stage from 2011 to the present.
Cereus Blooms at Night at 25: Shani Mootoo
Speakers:
Andre Bagoo, Nadja Nabbie, Shani Mootoo, Shivanee Ramlochan, Stephanie Ramlogan
Recorded:
Friday 23 April 2021
Format:
Video