Wasn't Michael Anthony's visit to our LITS 2508 class last week special and memorable? Having read one of his novels (The Year in San Fernando), and taught another (Green Days by the River) as well as two of his short stories ("Peeta of the Deep Sea" and "They Better Don't Stop the Carnival"), it was a delight for me to hear him talk about his craft and philosophy as a writer in his own words. It's always special to meet and talk with authors of books we've read for leisure or study.
It was intriguing to hear him talk about his interaction with other West Indian authors we've read and are now studying who belong to that successful group of writers who were in England in the 1950s and 1960s. Interesting, too, were his own affirmations about the intentions and responsibilities of a writer - what he had to say was unexpected wasn't it? But, perhaps not, because critics like Edward Baugh have observed that quality (to which Anthony attests) in his work. We'll talk more about that in class.
Tell me what you think of this author's visit, how it impacted you, and what are some of the things he said that are for you the most memorable.
