Title	Earl Lovelace reads from Salt (1996)
Speaker	Lovelace, Earl, 1935-
Host	Antoni, Robert, 1958-
Summary	Robert Antoni of the University of Miami introduces Trinidadian novelist Earl Lovelace and talks about his novels The Dragon Can't Dance and The Wine of Astonishment. Lovelace reads the first chapter of his book, Salt. The novel features Alford George, the son of a poor farm worker who rises above his class through perseverance. The first chapter satirizes the white colonizers of the black Caribbean. The second chapter introduces the character Florence, who sees Alford George at a distance and exclaims to her mother that he is the man whom she will marry. She begins to put on airs, so that every man in town falls in love with her, but she is waiting for Alford to notice. The third chapter deals with the character Bango Durity, a worker and activist, who raises the question of how race relations between blacks and whites can be healed in view of their history of brutalized and brutalizers. Lovelace then answers some questions from the audience.
Subject	Caribbean literature Trinidadian and Tobagonian literature Authors, Trinidadian Beauty, Personal -- Fiction Colonialism -- 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	1996
Physical Description	1 streaming video (57:45 min.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. University Archives
Collection Title	Caribbean Writers Summer Institute Archival Video Collection
Collection No.	ASU0281
Program	Program 7. Fiction and poetry readings, 1996
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	asu0281000079
Digital ID	asu02810000790001001
Kaltura ID	asu02810000790001001
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/mp4
Original Format	VHS

Earl Lovelace reads from Salt (1996)

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