Title	Readings by Earl Lovelace (1992)
Speaker	Anthony, Michael, 1930- Lovelace, Earl, 1935-
Host	Bowen, Zack R.
Summary	University of Miami English Department Chairman Zack R. Bowen introduces Trinidadian novelist Michael Anthony, who introduces award-winning Trinidadian novelist Earl Lovelace and describes his novels. Lovelace reads the prologue from his novel The Dragons Can't Dance. It describes The Hill, a shack community near Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where the people have little to do except look forward to Carnival, which for two days a year allows them to forget their poverty. He then reads an excerpt, which has to do with Aldrick, the maker of a dragon costume, and Sylvia, a young girl budding into womanhood. Lovelace also reads two short stories, "Victory and the Blight" about a man who lives in the village of Rio Claro, Trinidad, and "Joebell and America" about a man who decides to leave Trinidad for the United States.
Subject	Caribbean literature Trinidadian and Tobagonian literature Poverty -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction Mask makers -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction Immigrants -- Fiction
Genre	Video recordings Fiction
Project Description	The Caribbean Writers Summer Institute, hosted by the University of Miami English Department, was held for five weeks during the summer in Miami, Florida, from 1991 through 1996. Each year the program arranged public readings and interviews at a variety of locations in Miami.
Publisher	University of Miami English Department
Date	1992
Physical Description	1 streaming video (1:15:47 hr.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. University Archives
Collection Title	Caribbean Writers Summer Institute Archival Video Collection
Collection No.	ASU0281
Program	Program 2. Readings in Caribbean literature, 1992
Rights	This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the creator. For additional information, please visit: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
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Object ID	asu0281000035
Digital ID	asu02810000350001001
Kaltura ID	asu02810000350001001
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/mp4
Original Format	VHS

Readings by Earl Lovelace (1992)

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