Placing the “Caribbean” in Caribbean Writing
For writers, readers, publishers, and scholars, “Caribbean” is a universally accepted category of literature — but do we all mean the same thing by it?…
Speakers: Vahni Capildeo
Celebrating the legacy of Kamau Brathwaite
The Barbadian writer, scholar, and editor Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020), who passed away on 4 February, 2020, was a towering figure in Caribbean letters and culture…
EWWC Debate: A National Literature?
In 1962, in the midst of the Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama, a literary conference erupted. Writers from Scotland, England, the United States, Germany,…