Caribbean Writers and Their Art: Readings by Aurora Shante Ferguson, Kamau Brathwaite, Sharon Freeman, Cynthia James, Jean Goulbourne (1991)

University of Miami English Department Chairman Zack R. Bowen introduces Bahamian poet Aurora Ferguson, Barbadian writer Kamau Brathwaite, Virgin Islands poet Sharon Freeman, Trinidadian teacher/writer/theater critic Cynthia James, and Jamaican writer Jean Goulbourne. Aurora Ferguson reads "The Syndicate," "Actual Culture," and "Drunkenness." Kamau Brathwaite reads a passage from a story about Barbadians playing cricket. Sharon Freeman reads "Reverie at Brewers Bay." Kamau Brathwaite introduces Cynthia James. James, with musical accompaniment, reads "Iere, My Love" (Iere is the Arawak name for Trinidad), "Turtle Watching" about a night leatherback turtles came to the Trinidad shore to lay eggs, and "Dry Season." Jamaican writer Jean Goulbourne reads a short story, "Cousin Clea." In the story, a girl who has always loved Christmases with her Cousin Clea finds that, this year, Clea is different. Gradually the child comes to understand why her cousin is cold and harsh and will not celebrate Christmas in the traditional fun way.