Comments on: Race for Oxford Professor of Poetry Heats Up http://repeatingislands.com/2009/04/08/race-for-oxford-professor-of-poetry-heats-up/ News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Global Voices Online » Caribbean: Bloggers React to Walcott’s Withdrawal http://repeatingislands.com/2009/04/08/race-for-oxford-professor-of-poetry-heats-up/#comment-472 Mon, 18 May 2009 18:41:20 +0000 http://repeatingislands.com/?p=1149#comment-472 [...] Prize win for Literature in 1992 seemed like a regional victory – and why his withdrawal from the tight race for the coveted position of Oxford Professor of Poetry has left a bad taste in many bloggers’ [...]

]]> By: Hermione http://repeatingislands.com/2009/04/08/race-for-oxford-professor-of-poetry-heats-up/#comment-131 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://repeatingislands.com/?p=1149#comment-131 i agree with Harmony. The dude is a genius on on the page but when it comes to young women the vibe is that he obviously has an unreconstructed male/female world view. A friend who teaches at the university of alberta in canada says they are really worried for their yoiung female students as he will be teaching there soon

]]> By: Harmony Weill http://repeatingislands.com/2009/04/08/race-for-oxford-professor-of-poetry-heats-up/#comment-110 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:12:54 +0000 http://repeatingislands.com/?p=1149#comment-110 yeah but what about all the student sexual harrassment – two cases – that walcott has had to defend? is it wise to have him around female students in Oxford? I think we need to be careful

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519076

http://world-poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/derek_walcott

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t12pPFh9BMYC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=derek+walcott+sexual+harrassment&source=bl&ots=wX5br6i1JV&sig=LLiCk0wALASAHpJH8hGcSQEpRmI&hl=en&ei=ccjsSbqKF4LK-Aai9LnFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5

]]> By: Global Voices Online » St. Lucia: Walcott & Oxford? http://repeatingislands.com/2009/04/08/race-for-oxford-professor-of-poetry-heats-up/#comment-72 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:36:11 +0000 http://repeatingislands.com/?p=1149#comment-72 [...] to succeed Christopher Ricks as Oxford professor of poetry”, according to Caribbean blog Repeating Islands. Cancel this [...]

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