by oes_news | Dec 7, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (December 7, 2004) — Graphic specialist Angelo Rombley will give what is thought to be the island’s first digital art workshop here on December 29 at the UTS Multipurpose Room, said Jacqueline Sample of House of Nehesi Publishers. Rombley will be...
by oes_news | Nov 25, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (November 2004) — The Salt Reaper – Poems from the flats, by the St. Martin poet/author Lasana M. Sekou, was launched here in November 2004. This is the ninth book of verse from whom the likes of George Lamming, Dr. Howard Fergus, and Kamau...
by oes_news | Nov 24, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (November 24, 2004) — Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by Amiri Baraka was just reprinted here — about one year after it was first published in the Caribbean. Requests for the slim volume of poetry are continuing, according to...
by oes_news | Oct 31, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (October 31, 2004) — Literature, sports, and tourism will come together on Saturday, November 6, at the book party for The Salt Reaper by Lasana M. Sekou, says Regina La Bega, head of the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau. Caribbean Tourism Day is on...
by oes_news | Sep 2, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, ST. MARTIN (Sept. 2, 2004) — People who would like to start writing their own poems, writing better poems, or reading new examples of great poetry, may not have to look or travel very far. Two of the “Top 7 Books” to start your poetry education were...
by oes_news | May 2, 2004 | News 2004
St. Martin’s poetry will again be experienced live abroad when poet/artist Drisana Deborah Jack recitesin South Africa at the 8th Poetry Africa Festival in October 2004. Jack is one of an international group of authors slated to recite at the major international...
by oes_news | May 1, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 1, 2004) — On April 29, 2004, Lt. Gov. Franklyn Richards presented the St. Martin poet/author Lasana M. Sekou with a knighthood that was conferred by Queen Beatrix of the Dutch kingdom on March 16, 2004. The royal decorations constitute the...
by oes_news | Apr 26, 2004 | Book Fair News
GREAT BAY, ST. MARTIN (April 26, 2004) — It will not be known for the next few hours who will be crowned the Calypso monarch of St. Martin for 2004. But the new lyrical royal already has an unexpected prize waiting, said Shujah Reiph, host of Conscious Lyrics. The...
by oes_news | Apr 26, 2004 | News 2004
GREAT BAY, ST. MARTIN (April 26, 2004) — It will not be known for the next few hours who will be crowned the Calypso monarch of St. Martin for 2004. But the new lyrical royal already has an unexpected prize waiting, said Shujah Reiph, host of Conscious Lyrics. The...
by oes_news | Apr 22, 2004 | Book Fair News
GREAT BAY, ST. MARTIN (April 22, 2004) — The 2nd annual St. Martin Book Fair is scheduled for June 3-5, 2004, at the University of St. Martin (USM), said Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator and president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation. “We are very happy to work with...
