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Philip Nanton

Philip Nanton (born 1947) is a Vincentian writer, poet and spoken-word performer, based in Barbados. A sociologist by training, who also teaches cultural studies, he is Honorary Research Associate at the University of Birmingham, and lectures at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He has been a contributor on Caribbean culture and literature to journals and magazines such as ''The Caribbean Review of Books'', ''Shibboleths: a Journal of Theory and Criticism'' and ''Caribbean Quarterly'', and as a spoken-word artist has performed his work at festivals internationally. In 2012, he represented St. Vincent & the Grenadines at Poetry Parnassus in London.

Nanton's published books include ''Island Voices: From St Christopher to the Barracudas and Frontiers of the Caribbean'' (2014), ''Canouan Suite and Other Pieces'' (2016), and ''Riff: The Shake Keane Story'' (2021). Provided by Wikipedia