An experiment in biblio-biography
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| Nicholas Laughlin's Life List An experiment in biblio-biography |
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Friday, May 02, 2003 Yesterday, looking for information on Philip Pilgrim's oratorio The Legend of Kaieteur (based on A.J. Seymour's poem), I plucked Andrew Salkey's Georgetown Journal from my office library, & started reading it last night. This is a longish account of Salkey's trip to Guyana in 1970 for the Caribbean Writers and Artists Conference--a sort of predecessor to Carifesta, I imagine. Lots of anecdotes about Sam Selvon, John La Rose, Austin Clarke, Wilson Harris, Martin Carter, Beryl McBurnie, & other less celebrated figures; lots of gossip; lots of dialogue, supposedly verbatim. One or two gems, such as: Shortly before I left for Station Street, I heard the creative rumour that, immediately after the declaration of the new Republic, the mango would be re-named the Burnham Apple. posted by Nicholas Laughlin | 11:01 AM |
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