10 am – 11:30 am
Three Jamaicas |
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Staceyann Chin
The Most Hon. Edward Seaga, O.N.
Anthony Winkler
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Memoirs of life in Jamaica from three internationally famous people. The island’s motto is “Out of many, one people.” Should we add, “and many points of view”? |
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Noon – 1:00 pm
The Chatterbox presents
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Paul Holdengräber
Pico Iyer
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Two of the best raconteurs on the planet talk about almost everything, including Iyer’s talks and travels with the Dalai Lama. |
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Break / Open Mike
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Anyone reading whatever for two minutes.
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Jamaican Idyll. |
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Generation Now
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Joseph Boyden
Laura Fish
Marlon James |
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Fiction from three of the most exciting younger voices in literature today. |
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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Life Sentence
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Selwyn Cudjoe
Patrick French
Rachel Manley |
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The inner lives of politicians and artists explored by three writers who combine intrepidness with literary style. |
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6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Break / Open Mike
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Anyone reading whatever for two minutes. |
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Jamaican Idyll. |
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8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Love in the Time of Obama
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George Lamming
Melvin Van Peebles
Helon Habila |
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What’s the state of passion today? The creative imagination? The will to get things done? Change the world? Award-winning poet and playwright Kwame Dawes will try to keep order as these questions are pondered by erudite contrarians. |
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10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Bi-Textuals
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Geoffrey Philp
Terese Svoboda
Xu Xi |
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Switch hitters showing their skills in different forms. Poetry/fiction. Fiction/poetry. Essay/fiction. Swingers have more fun. |
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Midnight – 3 am
CalaClash: The Full Hundred
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Colin Channer
Mutabaruka
Special Guest Selector |
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A poet, a novelist
and a special guest selecting music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Showdown in the food court. Reeewiiiiiind! |
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