Status Updates From Redemption Ground: Essays a...

"I usually say that the first poem I ever wrote was "After a Shower of Rain." I wrote it in the aftermath of one of those sudden downpours that come to quench the Jamaican landscape in the month of August. It is the kind of rain that cleans the air and the trees and leaves behind the most pleasing of all scenes, "eau de rain on dry earth."

mentions of rain in kingston jamaica there are many

The importance of imagining
The defining moment in NY, when she decides she must change her life.
Derek Walcott inspiration and friendship
"All about beauty"
The hurricanes with names, loss of everything, the learning

1 essay in and I'm hooked. I'm there with Lorna & her two friends in the London cafe, the Irish boys; all of them reciting poetry from their respective countries, unknown histories buried deep under the lines, 'The Song of the Banana Man' + 'The Fiddler of Dooney'.
Classic.
Essays & Adventures from the writer/poet exploring the personal & political, poetry & arts, the legacy of colonialism & the enduring friendship

I have had NO TIME to read this week and it's not fair because I miss this book