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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