Last updated: 17 march, 2010 - 11:41 GMT
Derek Walcott - Interview
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The St Lucian Nobel Laureate has a major new collection of poetry out.
'White Egrets' covers difficult subjects such as the complex colonial legacy of the Caribbean but also the wonders of the world in which Walcott lives on St Lucia.
Old friends who have passed and a land being colonised again by developers building fenced off hotel complexes feature in this collection.
A selection of poems performed....
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