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Season 1, Episode 278

Episode Title: Caribbean Nights: Poetry

Air Date: 1986-06-14

Overview:

The celebrated West Indian poet Derek Walcott joins Linton Kwesi Johnson and Guyanese prodigy Fred D'Aguiar to debate the range and impact of Caribbean poetry. With filmed readings from C.L.R. James, Edward Braithwaite, Michael Smith and Mervyn Morris.