10 am – 12 pm Life Sentence Memoirs to remember from some fascinating people who’ve “lived to tell the tale.” Diane Abu-Jaber (USA/Jordan) Yvonne Brewster (Jamaica/UK) Manthia Diawara (Mali) Stephanie Stokes Oliver (USA) 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Russell Banks (USA)   Solo reading by a giant of American literature (15 works of fiction — two made into films). 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break/Open mike   Head to the food court or stay for the best talent show this side of American Idol. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Around the World in 3 Poets   An excursion through the world of verse with finely crafted ports of call. Meena Alexander (India) Mark Doty (USA) Li-Young Lee (Indonesia) 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm The Great Non-American Novel   Four exquisite works of fiction set in “other” worlds. There’s a whole big planet out there. Robert Antoni (Trinidad) George Elliott Clarke (Canada) Francisco Goldman (Guatemala) Andrea Levy (UK) 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Break/Open mic   Head to the food court or stay for the best talent show this side of American Idol. 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tongues of Fire   Poetry meets performance for a one-night stand in public on a hot Caribbean night. Roger Bonair-Agard (Trinidad) Staceyann Chin (Jamaica) Joan Andrea Hutchinson (Jamaica) Mutabaruka (Jamaica) Midnight – 4:00 am Calabashment   Outdoor concert dedicated to the late reggae pioneer Delroy Wilson with Lloyd Parkes & We The People, The Clarendonians, Leroy Sibbles and more.