Websites
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Enjoy this biography and links to other work.
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Here’s a second biography, with links to Walcott’s writing.
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If you want to learn more about Walcott’s homeland, this website was put together by the St. Lucia tourist board. Yeah, we think we could handle a visit there.
Video
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This is a reading of the poem, done by British poet David Whyte.
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Here’s the man himself, reading and discussing his work.
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Here he is in an interview with Bill Moyers, discussing the colonial history of his native St. Lucia.
Audio
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Dig this discussion of the poem as a meditation on, well, meditation—and mindfulness.
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That’s right. You can hear Loki from The Avengers read Walcott’s poem.
Images
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There are a lot of patterns happening in this pic.
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The title says it all.
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We feel better about our messy desk now.
Articles and Interviews
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How do you know you’ve made it as a writer? The Paris Review interviews you.
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Check out this New Yorker article on the influence of the sea on Walcott’s work.
Books
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Get ‘em all right here.
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The Iliad, in the Caribbean—this is considered by many to be Walcott’s crowning achievement.
Movies and TV Productions
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Dig this doc about Walcott. The scenery alone makes it worth checking out.