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Hurricane Watch: New and Collected Poems

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The latest collection from Olive Senior, Jamaican Poet Laureate, collects her four books of poetry alongside new work written during the pandemic.
Olive Senior is the award-winning author of 18 books of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children’s literature and other published work. Her many awards include Canada’s Writers Trust Matt Cohen Award for Lifetime Achievement, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Commonwealth Writers Prize, an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies and the Gold Medal of the Institute of Jamaica. Her work has been taught internationally and is widely translated. Olive Senior is from Jamaica and lives in Toronto, Canada, but returns frequently to the Caribbean which remains central to her work.
* Latest collection from the current Jamaican Poet Laureate and a recipient of the Musgrave Gold Medal in 2005 from the Institute of Jamaica. * An acclaimed novelist, essayist and poet, her work has been taught internationally and is widely translated. * Recurring themes include childhood and belonging, delivered with a light, subtle touch. * Collects Olive Senior’s four books of poetry alongside new work written during the pandemic.
'a significant literary voice within Caribbean literature and the Caribbean diaspora' - Clare Westall
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