Three pre-eminent Jamaican poets are lauding fellow poet Ishion Hutchinson for being shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious International Griffin Poetry Prize. One of the world’s most generous poetry awards, the prize, this year, is worth CDN$130,000.
Kate Kellaway (The Guardian) interviews poet Ishion Hutchinson: “The Jamaican poet on his new collection about West Indian soldiers in the first world war, diving into the messiness of language, and the book he rereads every autumn.” Ishion Hutchinson, 40, is an original, innovative and fastidious poet whose third collection, School of Instructions, about West Indian…
The Jamaican poet on his new collection about West Indian soldiers in the first world war, diving into the messiness of language, and the book he rereads every autumn
Berkeley Talks: Poet Ishion Hutchinson reads 'The Mud Sermon' and other poems berkeley.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkeley.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.