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Article: Conversations with Derek Walcott.(Review)
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- African American Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 1999
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William Baer, ed. Conversations with Derek Walcott. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1996. 211 pp. $16.95.
Including recent volumes on Ishmael Reed and Chester Himes, Mississippi's highly regarded Literary Conversations series is a decidedly user-friendly reference resource. Collecting interviews from academic journals as well as more general publications, these books are also suitable for readers who are simply interested in knowing more about a favorite writer.
"As both a Nobel Prize-winner and the most important literary figure to emerge from the Caribbean, Derek Walcott's literary, social, and political opinions are always of interest and significance," ...