Websites
Enjoy this biography and links to other work.
Here’s a second biography, with links to Walcott’s writing.
If you want to learn more about Walcott’s homeland, this website was put together by the St. Lucia tourist board. Yeah, we think we could handle a visit there.
Video
This is a reading of the poem, done by British poet David Whyte.
Here’s the man himself, reading and discussing his work.
Here he is in an interview with Bill Moyers, discussing the colonial history of his native St. Lucia.
Audio
Dig this discussion of the poem as a meditation on, well, meditation—and mindfulness.
That’s right. You can hear Loki from The Avengers read Walcott’s poem.
Images
There are a lot of patterns happening in this pic.
The title says it all.
We feel better about our messy desk now.
Articles and Interviews
How do you know you’ve made it as a writer? The Paris Review interviews you.
Check out this New Yorker article on the influence of the sea on Walcott’s work.
Books
Get ‘em all right here.
The Iliad, in the Caribbean—this is considered by many to be Walcott’s crowning achievement.
Movies and TV Productions
Dig this doc about Walcott. The scenery alone makes it worth checking out.