Cultural Voice

Excerpts from review in The Jamaica Gleaner, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 "The Saturday evening show was shrouded in laughter generated from the words of the three featured presenters - Velma Pollard, Monica Minott and Earl Lovelace."  Earl Loveless greets guests after the reading "Regardless of its manifestation, it usually begins with words. And words are no more beautifully presented than in songs, poetry and novel. However, it is the latter two that were the focus of Artistic Expressions Limited's third and final presentation of their calendar events. It was simply titled Wordz, a fitting conclusion and title, as the previous two events were an art exhibition and two consecutive evenings of dance dubbed 'Cultural Fusion'." Drummers giving the call to order! Velma Pollard Reads from Collection 'Philosophers' (Photo: Jamaica Gleaner) Monica Minott reads 'Silencing the Stones' among other poems Earl L...

The AE team had the pleasure of dinner with the award winning novelist and special guest of ‘Wordz’ Earl Lovelace, who is in Jamaica to launch his latest book ‘Is Just a Movie’ as well as to conduct workshops and book readings. We had dinner at a quaint restaurant ‘Guilt Trip’, known for its deliciously decadent desserts. It struck me in conversation with Lovelace, whose even tempered demeanour immediately put one at ease, that he had a very subtle but unmistakable sense of pride which was complemented by his strong identification with his Caribbean Heritage. Lovelace, who writes in the genre of Caribbean Fiction, spoke longingly of the development of the region’s post colonial culture.   Lovelace spoke of the lost opportunities for harnessing the Caribbean Spirit. He spoke of days when the West Indies Cricket Team had been World Champions for 15 years consecutively. He believed that the spirit that thrived then, could have been pr...

Earl Lovelace's Novels and Plays include: While Gods Are Falling, 1965         The Schoolmaster, 1968 The Dragon Can't Dance, 1979 The Wine of Astonishment, 1982 Jestina's Calypso and Other Plays, 1984 The New Hardware Store, 1985 A Brief Conversion and Other Stories, 1988 Salt, 1997   Is Just a Movie, 2011 Tickets available at Cannonball Cafe (Manor Park, Loshushan & New Kingston )