Thomas Glave: An evening of readings and conversation Event

On Wednesday 15 October 2014, the Centre was pleased to present 'Thomas Glave: An Evening of Readings and Conversation'. Thomas Glave is a writer of essays, short-fiction and poetry whose books include Whose Song? And Other Stories , Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent , The Torturer's Wife and Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh . He is also the editor of the ground-breaking anthology Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles . Glave has been an important voice for LGBT rights in the contemporary Caribbean. He is a professor of English and creative writing at the State University of New York in Binghamton and 2014 Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick. He was in conversation with Professor Stephen Morton (English) and Dr Christer Petley (History). You can view video of the event (which includes some graphic content) here .