Tourist, Traveller, Troublemaker: Essays on Poetry Charles Chahwan Lilo’s voyage is at the

Lilo’s voyage is at the heart of a narrative which extends across hundreds of years

he is forced to reconsider his perceptions of himself and his native Guyana

But most were thrown in like dead goats or sheep

Just what is Alice Noonan’s secret

‘The Courtesan’s Reply’

Tourist, Traveller, Troublemaker: Essays on Poetry Charles Chahwan Lilo’s voyage is at theThis isnt a conventional book of academic essays, though these pieces on Caribbean, African, British and American poets are always scholarly and intellectually rigorous. They are particularly rewarding as the work of a practicing poet writing about those of his peers whose work he admires. There are essays on major Caribbean figures, on Walcott, Brathwaite and Martin Carter, and on the major African poets Niyi Osundare, Jack Mapanje and Femi Oyebode,