Ishion Hutchinson nominated for prestigious poetry award
Jamaican poet, Ishion Hutchinson has been nominated for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. This nomination is for his second and latest collection, House of Lords and Commons; published last year by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Hutchinson is among...
10 Captivating Jamaican Love Stories
In this season of love, we’re taking a look at 10 captivating love stories. These stories of triumphant love gripped the nation…
“Miss Lou and Why She Matters” – Presentation by Professor Mervyn Morris, Poet Laureate of Jamaica at the Launch of the Miss Lou Archives on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the NLJ.
For many of Miss Lou’s admirers she was simply a humorous entertainer. She was always more than that.[1] As Robert Verity put it in 1961: ‘Her work has constituted an invaluable contribution to the discovery and development of an indigenous culture and her verses...
National Library of Jamaica launches new online resource ‘Index to Jamaican Poetry’
The National Library of Jamaica launched its newest online resource; Index to Jamaican Poetry on Friday, April 22, 2016. If you are searching for a Jamaican poem but you only know the author, title, or first line, then this Index to Jamaican Poetry will tell you in...
180 years of history for the National Library
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