The Fullness of EverythingShortlisted for the Guyana Prize Caribbean Award 2011. When Winston receives a telegram informing him of his fathers imminent death, his decision to return to Jamaica is very reluctant. The memories opened up by his return tell us why. But twenty five years in the USA without contact with his family has allowed mutual resentments to mature and trapped Winston in the traumas of his childhood. And when he discovers he has a half sister no one has told

Jean Thurston

and all-around rabble-rouser who lives with his wife and two daughters in the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona

unconventional

of deep sexual love

Protagonist Rufus stands up

has erected for her a gold memorial declaring her unofficial sainthood

FEATURE ON LEBANESE POETRY

In the new poems from Children of the Morning there is both a focus on the lives of the young

Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad but has lived and published in London for most of his adult life

and short story writer

‘Nightingales Again’

The resulting study is an indispensable guide to one of the most exciting figures in world poetry