June 22, 2007
The Harder They Write: Does 'Caribbean' Literature Exist?
Gusts of wind and rain slam the soaked stage of the seventh annual Calabash International Literary Festival. It's Memorial Day weekend in this laid-back strip of southwestern Jamaica, just days before the official start of hurricane season. Mother Nature, like everyone else, doesn't need a reservation, and she wants to listen too.
The elegant Guadeloupian novelist Maryse Condé and Canada's Michael Ondaatje make it through their readings with parkas and protected seating. Then
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