The Caribbean Reading Group: A Discussion with Philip Nanton

The evening will include a Poetry Reading by Philip Nanton (with opportunity for Q and A) and discussion of his short non-fiction book Frontiers of the Caribbean (Manchester UP, 2017).
The book is open access and can be downloaded and read in advance from PittCat or Manchester University Press: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526114921/9781526114921.xml
https://pitt.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01PITT_INST/e8h8hp/alma99...
Philip Nanton is a Caribbean writer and spoken-word performer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines who lives in Barbados. He has performed his work across the Caribbean and internationally. His poems and prose essays on Caribbean Studies, policy analysis, and literary criticism have been widely published and anthologized. He produced a spoken word CD (2008) and book (2014) called Island Voices from St Christopher & the Barracudas, an affectionately humorous dramatization of individual voices that capture aspects of island life. Other poetry collections include Canouan Suite & Other Pieces (Papillote Press, 2016). His book Frontiers of the Caribbean takes a new approach to situating the Caribbean in world literature as a frontier society (Manchester University Press, 2017). His most recent book is a biography of the neglected Vincentian jazz musician and poet, Shake Keane: ‘Riff: The Shake Keane Story’ (Papillote Press, 2021).
The Caribbean Reading Group is an informal group of faculty and graduate students that meets periodically to discuss important classics or new works of Caribbean Studies; host a guest speaker; or discuss work in progress of participants in the group. Previous meetings have occasioned convivial discussion across disciplinary boundaries. We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and new ones alike this time around. Please feel free to invite any colleagues or students who would be interested, from Pitt and other area universities. As usual, we will provide wine, snacks, and dessert “para amenizar.”
RSVP, if possible, by Oct 16 by clicking on the following link: https://philipnantonreadingroup.rsvpify.com