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Reviews for Connecting Medium


Patricia Harkins-Pierre - 'Down under Covers': Two Visions of Truth
The Caribbean Writer, Vol. 16

Comparative review [with Jean 'Binta' Breeze] evaluating several individual poems, looking at Smartt's use of form and the Medusa myth, and showing both poets' talent and commitment to telling important truths.

SuAndi - 'Connecting Medium' by Dorothea Smartt
Black Arts Alliance Newsletter

Brief review in which a fellow writer amicably expresses envy at Smartt's talent and success, her rich voice and important, enjoyable poems.

Kevin Le Gendre - 'How to liberate your inner Gorgon': Dorothea Smartt
The Independent on Sunday

Interesting article including biographical details, artistic influences, and extracts from interview with Smartt. Focuses on the politics of dreadlocks, and her personal experience of being perceived as Medusa, and on how Connecting Medium draws on this.

Janet Phillips - 'Medusa and Me': Interview with Dorothea Smartt
Poetry News

Interview detailing Dorothea's career, from the finding of her Bajan voice, and her influences and sources, to her participation in poetry performances, and her diverse activities both as poet and as teacher.

Maria Williams - 'Connecting Medium' by Dorothea Smartt
Calabash, Issue 16

Brief review congratulating the publishing world for finally committing Smartt's excellent poetry to paper.

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