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Kwame Dawes Reads Derek Walcott

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring the Evolving Notions of Exile and Home Through Poetry

A deep dive into the shifting notion of exile in a poetry book, examining how it now encompasses emotional and psychological dimensions alongside physical displacement. Themes of identity, home, and absence are discussed as the chapter explores the complex feelings of being distanced from one's roots.

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