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06/03/2017

The Work Words Do

BBC Radio 4 - Writing a New Caribbean, The Work Words Do

With Barbara Jenkins, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Colin Robinson and Karen Lord.

A look at a new wave of Caribbean writers, presented by Elisha Efua Bartels. With Barbara Jenkins, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Colin Robinson and Karen Lord.

Trinidadian writer and actor Elisha Efua Bartels talks to novelists and poets across the English-speaking Caribbean about what they see as their literary heritage, whether the prominent writers that have emerged from the region in the past have influenced them, and the increased diversity of voices coming out of the region today. In interviews with Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad), Vladimir Lucien (St Lucia), Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad), Colin Robinson (Trinidad) and Karen Lord (Barbados), she explores the new directions writers are taking in their work. 

Featured readings:

Tanya Shirley: 'Said by a DJ at an Uptown Dance' from 'The Merchant of Feathers' published by Peepal Tree Press
Colin Robinson: title poem from 'You Have You Father Hard Head' published by Peepal Tree Press
Vladimir Lucien: 'Mi Jean' from 'Sounding Ground' published by Peepal Tree Press
Kevin Jared Hosein: extract from 'The Repenters' published by Peepal Tree Press
Karen Lord: extract from 'The Best of All Possible Worlds' published by Jo Fletcher Books
Barbara Jenkins: extract from 'Sic Transit Wagon' published by Peepal Tree Press.

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Elisha Efua Bartels talks to a new generation of writers coming out of the Caribbean.

Elisha Efua Bartels talks to some of the new wave of writers coming out of the English-speaking Caribbean.

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