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St. Martin calypso king 2004 to get special invitation to Chalkdust workshop.
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...
St. Martin calypso king 2004 to get special invitation to Chalkdust workshop
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...
Austin Clarke, Chalkdust for 2nd annual St. Martin Book Fair in June 2004.
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...
Sekou in the Netherlands on poetry, publishing and independence for St. Martin
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (January 25, 2004) — St. Martin author Lasana M. Sekou participated in the Winternachten international literature festival in The Hague, Netherlands in mid-January. The festival, which is called the “the most adventurous literature festival in...
Book published in St. Martin tops holiday promotions list in US
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (January 8, 2004) — A House of Nehesi book heads a list of six books selected for holiday promotions on the Internet home page of Small Press Distribution (SPD), a leading US book distributor. The book, Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by...
NYC book party for Amiri Baraka’s Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems on Dec. 27, 2003
First major US author published in the Caribbean ST. MARTIN (December 15, 2003) — The Essence of Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by controversial author Amiri Baraka will launch at Manhattan’s Bowery Poetry Club on Saturday, December 27, at 7:30...
Newark’s Aljira to host book party for Amiri Baraka’s Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
ST. MARTIN (December 11, 2003) — The Essence of Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems by controversial author Amiri Baraka will launch at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, at 591 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, December 20, 2003, at...
St. Martin Thanksgiving on Sunday December 7
ST. MARTIN (December 1, 2003) — St. Martin’s Thanksgiving Day takes place every year on the first Sunday of each December. The 2003 Thanksgiving will be observed on December 7. The Thanksgiving observation for both parts of the island comes out of the nation’s...
“Made in St. Martin” holiday gifts for 2003 by Lasana M. Sekou
ST. MARTIN (2003) — The “Made in St. Martin” gifts for the 2003 holiday season are books, music, art, dessert and the suggested novel gift this year is the serenade. This gifts list was started about 10 years ago with only House of Nehesi books to present to family,...
Jubilee Library’s 80 years in St. Martin – for the love of books, reading and knowledge
ST. MARTIN (November 27, 2003) — The Philipsburg Jubilee Library will host a practical serenade of words, ideas, stories and languages here on Saturday, November 29, 2003, said Shujah Reiph, president of the Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF). The Saturday soiree is...
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