Ian McMillan's guests are the Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, as well as Indian dancer and poet Tishani Doshi, and the musician Scanner.

Reading Lorna Goodison’s poems is like taking a breath of the “pure serene”—fresh air, Keats might have called it in an unpoetic mood. Born in Jamaica, she writes with such vivid control of ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. A painting hangs on the wall of Lorna Goodison’s living room. It is of a black couple, a man and a woman, standing in front of a low, stone wall. They look ...

Canadian-Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison was awarded the prestigious Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry just before the world hit the COVID-19 lockdown button in March. “We got in there and I got the ...

Accomplished author, Lorna Goodison, has been selected to be Jamaica’s first woman Poet Laureate. She is the second nationally appointed Poet Laureate, following Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris ...

Lorna Goodison is Poet Laureate of Jamaica. She succeeds Professor Mervyn Morris who was invested in 2014 as Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate in 61 years. Goodison will be installed during a ...

Lorna Goodison explains her writing process to the BBC’s Andrea Kidd and why she’s creating a new poem for her first Emancipation Day as the island’s Poet Laureate. Show more Lorna Goodison ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has lauded the exceptional work of Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2017-2020, Lorna Goodison, for her ...

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison was among a sterling group of writers announced by Yale University on Wednesday as being the 2018 recipients of the Windham ...

Lorna Goodison (Jamaica) and Cathy Park Hong (United States). “This wonderful award will allow me precious time and space to continue my writing,” said Goodison, the current poet laureate of Jamaica. ...

The announcement of Lorna Goodison as Poet Laureate of Jamaica comes on the heels of Derek Walcott’s passing. Walcott, the St Lucian Nobel laureate for literature, was a dear friend of Goodison.

Ian McMillan's guests are Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, as well as Indian dancer and poet Tishani Doshi - and the award winning musician Scanner. Show more Ian ...