Michael Dash passes away

Repeating Islands

Michael Dash, professor of Francophone literature in the Departments of French and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and known  for his work on Martinican writer Édouard Glissant, passed away on the morning of June 2 in New York City. I first met him when I was a graduate student and he a young UWI professor, and his example of diligent, insightful and committed scholarship has guided my own career. He will be sorely missed. 

Born in Trinidad, Prof. Dash...