Author: Derek Walcott

In White Egrets, Derek Walcott treats his characteristic subjects - the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, the Western artistic tradition, the bl...

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 draws from every stage of the poet's storied career. Here are examples of his very earliest work, like 'In My...

''He gives us more than himself or ''a world''; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language.'' Alongside Joseph Brodsky''s words of pr...