Between Fury And Peace: The Many Arts of Derek Walcott

St. Lucian poet Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, was also a playwright, a director, a painter, and a beloved teacher. This volume of essays explores all aspects of Walcott's creative work by writers who knew him as colleagues, friends, and students. Featuring essays and recollections by: Peter Balakian, Robert Bensen, Sven Birkerts, Peter Campion, Rachel DeWoskin, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, Martin Edmunds, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Carolyn Forché, Jonathan Galassi, Dan Hunte...