MSSU Themed Semesters Research Guide

While Caribbean literature holds no indigenous traditions, writers from Caribbean islands and coastal nations have spent the last 100 years building a strong identity separate from larger world powers. Explore two novels and dive into the countries of Haiti and Jamaica as we read both Claire of the Sea Light (2013) by internationally best-selling and award-winning author Edwidge Danticat and Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys. This Caribbean-themed book club hosted by the MSSU English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta, will introduce you to ideas about family, friendship, and love entwined with the culture of the two islands.

The book club will meet on three Monday evenings throughout the semester: Sept. 21 (part one of Claire of the Sea Light), Oct. 5 (part two of Claire of the Sea Light), and Nov. 9 (Wide Sargasso Sea). Each event will have refreshments and is open to the public.

(The book club title is adapted from the short story “The Light on the Sea” by Barbadian author John Wickham.)