Renewal
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Much admired by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the poetry of the Saint Lucian poet Irvin Desir (1954-2024) is published here for the first time. Appearing in only a few anthologies during his life, this posthumous collection at last brings to our attention a voice too long unknown.
In his introduction to this collection, fellow Saint Lucian poet Vladimir Lucien says: “There is something poignant, real and bracing about such a publication. Its humanity is in the very unfinishedness of such a posthumous putting together of work of one who had virtually disappeared…. We cannot but worship at the altar of a line such as: ‘You filled this cluttered room/like a handful of clove’.”