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November 19, 2020

Richard Georges named VI’s 1st poet laureate

On Friday evening, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College President Dr. Richard Georges was appointed the Virgin Islands’ first poet laureate. But when accepting the three-year position during a ceremony at …

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by Dana Kampa
May 6, 2020

In a Virgin Islands first, Georges wins Bocas prize

On Saturday evening, poet Dr. Richard Georges posted on Facebook that he was “waiting for someone to pull a Steve Harvey” because he was “shocked” at the announcement: He had …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 14, 2020

VI poet in running for top Bocas Prize

Dr. Richard Georges, the acting president of H. Lavity Stout Community College, has always viewed the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature as a special award. Many literary contests are only …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 22, 2019

The poetry of recovery

Though many have commended Dr. Richard Georges for publishing three books within three years, he said his secret to such success is actually quite simple: pace. “It’s a natural progression …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 27, 2018

Caribbean poets attend Virgin Islands writers’ workshop

“So many of us come from water,” someone read. Even though the poet who wrote those words is from Samoa, she may as well have been talking about the nine …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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