Forthcoming
Renewal
Poems by Irvin Desir
Introduction by Vladimir Lucien
£7.99
ISBN 9781919165004
Paperback
Publication date: January 2026
Much admired by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the poetry of the Saint Lucian poet Irvin Desir (1954-2024) is published here for the first time. Appearing in only a few anthologies during his life, this posthumous collection at last brings to our attention a voice too long unknown.
“Poetry of rare gifts” Canisia Lubrin, poet and award-winning fiction writer from St Lucia
“Revealing a hidden gem that never knew its own brilliance.” Alison Donnell, author/editor of “Lost and Found: an A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean”
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Resistance, Refuge, Revival
The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica
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By Adom Philogene Heron
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