“Skipping, marbles and spinning tops were some of the games we played nonstop,” recited Janice Stoutt from a poem she wrote about the Virgin Islands of her childhood.
Ms. Stoutt is among nearly 40 VI writers whose work is on display through the month at the 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum in an exhibition themed “In Our Own Words.”
If not for the territory’s writers, much of the VI’s history, slang and culture would be lost, organiser Dr. Patricia Turnbull said during an opening ceremony on Thursday.
Other VI writers who read at the event included Verna Penn-Moll, Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley and Andria Flax.
Novels, textbooks, research papers, newspaper articles, history books and autobiographies are among the items on display at the museum.
See the Feb. 13, 2014 edition for full coverage.
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