Chris Abani
Opal Palmer Adisa
Wayne Armond
Jean Binta Breeze
Tim Cahill
Austin Clarke
Maryse Condé
Ibo Cooper
Arnaldo Correa
Blacka Ellis
Nelson Eubanks
Percival Everett
Leonie Forbes
Don George
Steve Golding
Barbara Blake Hannah
Sean Keith Henry
Ishion Hutchinson
Amanda Jones
Kaylie Jones
Laurie McAndish King
Glenville Lovell
Rita Marley
devorah major
John Maxwell
Mark McMorris
Tessa McWatt
China Miéville
Harryette Mullen
Claudia Rankine
Nina Revoyr
Time Seibles
Veronica Saulter
Nadine Sutherland
Rudolph Wallace
Dan Wideman
Anthony Winkler
Big Youth
Ishion Hutchinson

Ishion Hutchinson was born on August 22, 1983 in the coastal town of Port Antonio, Jamaica. He spent some years in St. Thomas where cultural practices like Kumina and Myal emerged as major themes in his poetry. He went to Happy Grove High School and then later to Titchfield where he did sixth form. His achievements in poetry include a scholarship to the Calabash Writer’s Workshop and being a founding member of The Workshop, a group of young writers dedicated to improving their craft. Mr. Hutchinson is currently pursuing a degree in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona, while working on his first collection.

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