Smiling woman in bright green cardigan with a quiff and gold hoop earrings, holding a pen

Book cover by poet Olive Senior with pink carnations on a wooden floor

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Rediscovering the Taino and Caribbean History with Olive Senior on Paradise Once | Dis a Fi Mi History Podcast: Explore Caribbean Ancestry & Culture In this compelling episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris dives deep into Caribbean history and colonialism through a conversation with Jamaican poet and author Olive Senior. They exp...

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Tomorrow is the day we meet in person at the Ivey Library! The reason couldn’t be better — we’re in for a treat as poet, novelist, historian, and poet laureate Olive Senior shares about her life, the bridges her writing builds, and her latest book, Paradise Once.
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Happy National Read a Book Day!
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Olive Senior’s new book Paradise Lost is available in Jamaica! 🇯🇲
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"The launch of a new book by a past winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is always a special event. But new novels by two past prizewinners — #OliveSenior #CelesteMohammed — in a doubleheader session? That’s an occasion not to be missed." trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...

A book cover depicting West Indians working on building the Panama Canal (sepia photo).

Did you know that nationals from
several #Caribbean countries, including thousands working in treacherous conditions from Jamaica, built the #PanamaCanal ? Many sacrificed lives, health and families. Never forget! This book by Jamaica’s most recent Poet Laureate #OliveSenior tells their story.