John Hersey Memorial Address: Jamaica Kincaid
Presenters: André Alexis, Robert Antoni, Madison Smartt Bell, Teju Cole, Edwidge Danticat, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brent Hayes Edwards, Jonathan Galassi, Ishion Hutchinson, Naomi Jackson, Marlon James, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Jamaica Kincaid, Anna Kushner, Kei Miller, Mirta Ojito, Leonardo Padura, Caryl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Esmeralda Santiago, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, and Tiphanie Yanique.
Writers’ Workshop Faculty: Madison Smartt Bell, Billy Collins, Manuel Gonzales, Naomi Jackson, Daniel Menaker, Kate Moses, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Joy Williams, and Lisa Zeidner.
Edwidge Danticat reads from her memoir, The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story, during the free-and-open-to-the-public Sunday afternoon session. Photo by Nick Doll.
New York Times reporter Frances Robles led a conversation with Esmeralda Santiago and Tiphanie Yanique titled “The Forgotten: Literature, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands after the Hurricanes.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Presenter Naomi Jackson in the audience. Photo by Nick Doll.
Tiphanie Yanique and Robert Antoni: “Claiming a Hybrid Language, Seeking Hybrid Forms: What is the New Global Caribbean Literature?” Photo by Nick Doll.
Robert Antoni. Photo by Nick Doll.
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. Photo by Nick Doll.
Former United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins and Suzannah Gilman in the audience. Photo by Nick Doll.
Madison Smartt Bell: “Death Spiral: 21st Century Turbulence in the Caribbean and Beyond.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Dantiel W. Moniz, winner of the 2018 Cecelia Joyce Johnson Award for Emerging Writers. Photo by Nick Doll.
A tribute to Derek Walcott featured readings of the late Nobel laureate's verse by Tiphanie Yanique, Ishion Hutchinson, Kei Miller, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Photo by Nick Doll.
Tiphanie Yanique and Ishion Hutchinson. Photo by Nick Doll.
Ishion Hutchinson. Photo by Nick Doll.
Jamaica Kincaid, during a conversation with Caryl Phillips and Robert Antoni about the life and legacy of Derek Walcott, moderated by Jonathan Galassi. Photo by Nick Doll.
Jonathan Galassi, president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Derek Walcott's former publisher. Photo by Nick Doll.
Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura with his translator Anna Kushner, for a bilingual conversation “Escribir en Cuba en el Siglo XXI / Writing in Cuba in the 21st Century.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Robert Antoni reading from his forthcoming novel, Cut Guavas. Photo by Nick Doll.
André Alexis and Kei Miller at the book-signing table. Photo by Nick Doll.
“Jamaican Letters: Past, Present, Future" A conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn, Marlon James, and Kei Miller. Photo by Nick Doll.
Poet and novelist Kei Miller, author of Augustown and The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion. Photo by Nick Doll.
Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun. Photo by Nick Doll.
Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings. Photo by Nick Doll.
In a conversation moderated by Brent Hayes Edwards, André Alexis and Teju Cole discussed the importance of the Caribbean to their work and the black diaspora. Photo by Nick Doll.
Trinidadian-born Novelist André Alexis, winner of Canada's prestigious Giller Prize. Photo by Nick Doll.
Brent Hayes Edwards, a translator, editor, and Columbia University professor specializing in African American literature, francophone literature, theories of the African diaspora, and black radical intellectuals. Photo by Nick Doll.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro: “The Caribbean and the World.” Photo by Nick Doll.
A view of the theater at the San Carlos Institute from the balcony. Photo by Nick Doll.
Teju Cole, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Photo by Nick Doll.
Teju Cole, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Photo by Nick Doll.
Ishion Hutchinson and Teju Cole signing books. Photo by Nick Doll.
Esmeralda Santiago: “Writing a Life.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Marlon James and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Photo by Nick Doll.
Marlon James and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Photo by Nick Doll.
Caryl Phillips reading from his forthcoming novel, A View of the Empire at Sunset. Photo by Nick Doll.
Nicole Dennis-Benn, Edwidge Danticat, and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw: “Unpacking ‘Paradise’: Writing Honestly About People and Place.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Nicole Dennis-Benn. Photo by Nick Doll.
Edwidge Danticat. Photo by Nick Doll.
Rowan Ricardo Phillips: “I Who Have No Weapon but Poetry.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Photo by Nick Doll.
Nicole Dennis-Benn and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Photo by Nick Doll.
Jamaican writers Marlon James, Ishion Hutchinson, and Kei Miller at the opening night reception at the John James Audubon House. Photo by Nick Doll.
Reception at the Audubon House. Photo by Nick Doll.
2018 Emerging Writer Award winners Sara Johnson Allen, Dantiel W. Moniz, and Michael Lee. Photo by Nick Doll.
Jamaica Kincaid delivering the John Hersey Memorial Address, “Let Me Appropriate You … And You Can Appropriate Me, Too.” Photo by Nick Doll.
Jamaica Kincaid. Photo by Nick Doll.
Excitement builds in the audience as the 2018 Seminar is about to begin! Photo by Nick Doll.
Books for sale in the pop-up store operated by Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West. Photo by Nick Doll.
Tiphanie Yanique. Photo by Nick Doll.
Arlo Haskell, executive director of the Key West Literary Seminar. Photo by Nick Doll.
By Sara Johnson Allen Author Naomi Jackson, who was named one of Publishers Weekly’s “Writers to Watch,” told the audience gathered for her Saturday afternoon reading that the Key West Literary Seminar provided her with a unique opportunity to be with both her peers and her heroes. “It’s like my …Read More
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