A Handshake Across Centuries

Derek Walcott is the great poet of cultural hybridity.  He had a complex cultural heritage. Lecture

Given what happened to him after the publication of The Satanic Verses, who could criticize Salman Rushdie if he became a little gun-shy? Essay

Things Fall Apart, the most famous postcolonial novel, actually has deep roots in European culture, the deepest roots possible. It has become a classic because of its ties to the ancient Greek classics.