May 2009
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10 am – 11:30 am

Three Jamaicas

 

Staceyann Chin

The Most Hon. Edward Seaga, O.N.

Anthony Winkler

 

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”?

Noon – 1:00 pm

The Chatterbox presents

 

 

Paul Holdengräber

Pico Iyer

 

Two of the best raconteurs on the planet talk about almost everything, including Iyer’s talks and travels with the Dalai Lama.

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break / Open Mike

 

 

Anyone reading whatever for two minutes.

 

Jamaican Idyll.

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Generation Now

 

 

Joseph Boyden

Laura Fish

Marlon James

 

Fiction from three of the most exciting younger voices in literature today.

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Life Sentence

 

 

Selwyn Cudjoe

Patrick French

Rachel Manley

 

The inner lives of politicians and artists explored by three writers who combine intrepidness with literary style.

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Break / Open Mike

 

 

Anyone reading whatever for two minutes.

 

Jamaican Idyll.

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Love in the Time of Obama

 

 

George Lamming

Melvin Van Peebles

Helon Habila

 

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.

10:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Bi-Textuals

 

 

Geoffrey Philp

Terese Svoboda

Xu Xi

 

Switch hitters showing their skills in different forms. Poetry/fiction. Fiction/poetry. Essay/fiction. Swingers have more fun.

Midnight – 3 am

CalaClash: The Full Hundred

 

 

Colin Channer

Mutabaruka

Special Guest Selector

 

A poet, a novelist
and a special guest selecting music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Showdown in the food court. Reeewiiiiiind!