Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/23

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Subject: Re: Thanks...
From: "Charles E. Dunlap" <cdunlap@rupture.ucsc.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:47:57 -0700

>I thought about Columbus, Santa Maria, and the destruction
>of America. I should like to go back to the West Indies. I should like to
>understand the spirit of the remaining Caribeans, which is probably a very
>complex and difficult matter. I know there are a few left on Dominica, and
>at some small islands closer to the continent. Did any of you ever go there
>with about the same intentions?

No, but the book-length poem "Another Life" by Derek Walcott might interest
you. He explores the history of the Caribs and the Conquerors and his own
identity.

- -Charlie