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Reading Jamaica: Fresh Poetry and Prose

Saturday, November 19, 2016 @ 11:30 am

Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)

300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

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In Garfield Ellis’s novel, The Angels’ Share, a Jamaican father and his adult son travel across the island together in a touching and humorous novel that explores family reconciliation. A-dZiko Simba Gegele’s debut YA novel, All Over Again, is a hilarious and enchanting coming-of-age story about a young boy who goes through the trials and joys of puberty. Tanya Shirley’s latest collection of poetry, The Merchant of Feathers, longlisted for the 2015 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, is full of poems that have their finger on the pulse of contemporary Jamaica in all its exuberance and brokenness. Geoffrey Philp presents from his forthcoming collection, Letter from Marcus Garvey. Moderated by Kellie Magnus.

ReadCaribbean programs created in partnership with Sosyete Koukouy, Bocas Literary Festival and ReadJamaica, with the support of Knight Foundation and the Green Family Foundation.
ReadCaribbean se yon pwogram ki fèt grasa yon tèt ansanm avèk Sosyete Koukouy, Festival Literè Bocas, e ReadJamaica. Pwogram nan jwenn soutyen nan men Knight Foundation e Green Family Foundation.

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Date:
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Time:
11:30 am
Cost:
Free
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Language
English
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Annual

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Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States
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