What the Twilight Says

This essay collection includes the renowned poet's Nobel lecture, literary criticism, reflections on Caribbean life, and more. Nobel laureate Derek Walcott was a leading voice in 20th century Caribbean literature. What the Twilight Says , Walcott's first collection of essays, draws together pieces originally published in The New York Review of Books , The New Republic , and elsewhere. It includes his moving and insightful examinations of the paradoxes of Caribbean culture, his Nobel lecture, and