Hello everyone --
I am a businessperson in the Chicago area with a deep
and abiding interest in the Caribbean region. I have traveled
extensively throughout the area for the last 20 years.
My academic degree is in cultural anthropology.
I am involved (as a volunteer, not on the payroll) in establishing a
Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Derek Walcott will be on campus tomorrow (March 30) and
Rachel Manley will be here at the end of April. Our cornerstone
Caribbean collection at the UIC library is the H. D. Carberry (of
Jamaica) Collection, housed in the Special Collections Division, which
contains a range of Caribbean fiction and non-fiction from roughly the
1940's to the 1980's. A short-version bibliography is now available and
we're still working on getting it online. E-mail inquiries to Gretchen
Lagana, head Special Collections librarian: [log in to unmask], or her
associate John Cullars: [log in to unmask]
My personal interests are Caribbean literature, history, rare and
out-of-print travelogues (endlessly fascinating perspectives) and the
support of Caribbean cultures in all of their diversity and commonality.
I became aware of this group through the Montserrat group, Electronic
Evergreen, and look forward to the exchanges.
Janice Buslik
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