Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
In addition to the Nobel Prize for Literature, Derek Walcott has won a MacArthur “genius” award, the Queen’s Medal for Poetry, and a whole heapin’ helping of other literary honors. (Source.)
Walcott’s epic poem Omeros re-imagines The Iliad, but sets it in his native St. Lucia. (Source.)
Walcott sounds like a workaholic. He often starts up at 4:30 AM and gets in four or five hours of writing at a stretch. Do you feel as inadequate as we do? (Source.)