Derek Walcott

Jul 12, 2024 | thechrysalisbrewproject.com | Wole Soyinka |Derek Walcott |Toni Morrison |Abdulrazak Gurnah

“Black Literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.”– Toni MorrisonAs Toni Morrison rightly said, Black Literature has not always been viewed purely from the lens of art. More often than not, the works of Black authors have been judged from a sociological perspective. Like almost everything in life, it took decades for Black authors to prove their talent and show the world that their works have great artistic and creative value.

Jun 20, 2024 | thepatrioticvanguard.com | Derek Walcott

The Sea Is HistoryBy Derek WalcottWhere are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs,in that grey vault. The seahas locked them all. The sea is history. First, there was the heaving oilof nothing, heavy as chaos,then, like a light at the end of a tunnel,the lantern of a lonely caravel,and that was Genesis. Then there were the packed cries,the shit, the moaning;Exodus.

Nov 28, 2023 | news.italy24.press | Jamaica Kincaid |Derek Walcott

She is certain that nothing is higher and more necessary than a poem and a poet worthy of the name, not even a great novel. This is why his cult work is the work of Derek Walcott, his entire poetics, particularly embodied in the pages of Omeros (which in Italy we read in the edition Adelphi). Omeros it is an epic poem, but written in 1990. We are centuries and centuries away from those forms, those worlds, those narratives, yet Derek Walcott has chosen to rewrite theIliad and theOdyssey Homeric.

Jun 14, 2023 | mvtimes.com | Claire Ganz |Derek Walcott

Love After LoveBy Derek Walcott, 1971 The time will comewhen, with elationyou will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirrorand each will smile at the other’s welcome,and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heartto itself, to the stranger who has loved youall your life, whom you ignoredfor another, who knows you by heart.

Mar 8, 2023 | newsjani.com | Derek Walcott

Every post that Aman shares is not only cute but always something to think about. Whether it’s his musings on gender pay equality, paparazzi culture, the rise of the selfie era, or reciting a poem by renowned poet Derek Walcott; It seems like she’s letting us in on her inner thoughts one post at a time. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Zeenat Aman shared a wonderful recitation of Walcott’s poem Love After Love. His voice, as calm as ever, echoed through the audio clip.