Since its inception in 2001 Calabash has featured such literary heavy hitters as Salman Rushdie, Jamaica Kincaid, Junot Diaz, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Colson Whitehead, Derek Walcott and actor ...

Books can take readers to new places through vivid detail, allowing them to “see” things that might not even exist. At the same time, reading can be a practice in slow, sustained attention, sharpening ...

Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya, by Jamaica Kincaid Kincaid’s account of her three-week trek in Nepal—undertaken to collect rare seeds with several botanist friends—is sure to make any ...

Blankson-Wood will perform dramatic readings of Shakespeare and Homer’s work at a conversation between scholar Stephen Greenblatt and author-translator Emily Wilson, 3:30 pm. Sept. 27. Kincaid will ...

Works by Dorothy Allison, Edward P. Jones and Sarah Schulman were among those that were beautifully written and also expanded ...

Jamaica Kincaid, the Antiguan American author and professor who has described her interest in gardens as an “ obsession,” would likely agree with that sentiment.

Thanks to Kincaid’s 50-year history of writing novels, essays, and gardening books that reflect her bold intelligence, Kincaid was fresh on Walker’s mind when she reached out with her ...

Jamaica Kincaid knew only one artist could capture the mischievous spirit of her new children’s book. So she cold-emailed Kara Walker, with delicious results. By Stephen Bell Published: May 15, 2024 ...

By Jamaica Kincaid (author) and Kara Walker (illustrator) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 96 pp., $27 BITE BY BITE: Nourishments and Jamborees By Aimee Nezhukumatathil Ecco, 224 pp., $26.99 ...

Author Jamaica Kincaid gives a craft talk at Saint Louis University. About Jamaica Kincaid The Antigua-born Kincaid explores themes of colonialism, gender and sexuality, racism, class, and familial ...

The author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles' on Jamaica Kincaid, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and The Book on Her Nightstand ...