Poetry is its own nation. I read whatever I want. There’s a line...

Poetry is its own nation. I read whatever I want. There’s a line in Tristan und Isolde, “I myself am the world.” That sums it up. Trinidad is a great example of multiculturalism. Our ties to the world are dizzying, be it to Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, you name it. Donald Trump and Barack Obama have both visited.

—Interviewed by @rajivmohabir on PITCH LAKE at Jacket2 http://bit.ly/2zrhaxN (at The University of the West Indies Humanities and Education Students Society)