Selvon and Me

“Selvon and Me,” a personal essay in vignette form, explores themes of grief, belonging, reading in the Caribbean and writing from its Diaspora as what Selvon called “a Caribbean expatriate.” The journey begins with a road trip to see a stage adaptation of Sam Selvon’s A Brighter Sun at the Naparima Bowl in Trinidad.

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Anthurium A Caribbean Studies Journal
Published
2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.33596/anth.529
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Caribbean history, culture, and politics
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Selvon and Me

Simone Dalton
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Abstract

“Selvon and Me,” a personal essay in vignette form, explores themes of grief, belonging, reading in the Caribbean and writing from its Diaspora as what Selvon called “a Caribbean expatriate.” The journey begins with a road trip to see a stage adaptation of Sam Selvon’s A Brighter Sun at the Naparima Bowl in Trinidad.

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University of Guelph (CA)
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