Jamaica Kincaid — Writer's Symposium by the Sea
Celebrated author and Harvard professor explores feminism, postcolonialism, and identity in conversation about her groundbreaking literary career.
Date & Time at 7:00 PM PST
Location Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, US
Organizer Writer's Symposium by the Sea
Why we picked this
One of the most important living writers on colonialism, identity, and the Caribbean experience — a Paris Review Lifetime Achievement honoree.
Jamaica Kincaid’s writing about colonialism, identity, and the experience of leaving home has influenced generations of writers. “Annie John,” “A Small Place,” and “The Autobiography of My Mother” are foundational texts in postcolonial literature — sharp, personal, and unsparing in their honesty about what empire does to the people it claims to help.
She teaches at Harvard and has been recognized with the Paris Review Hadada Award for Lifetime Achievement. At the Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, she’s in conversation with Dean Nelson in the intimate setting of Brown Chapel.