A Map of the Island is an extended poetic meditation upon a boy's youth in Trinidad. In these verses we hear the cadences of the West Indies spoken from the distance of the Canadian prairies.
Nigel Darbasie is an acclaimed Edmonton writer who has been widely published in books, textbook anthologies, and magazines. He is a member of the Stroll of Poets and has performed numerous readings at cultural and arts events. His previous volume of poetry sold almost 1000 copies.