‘My poetics is shaped by the legacy of the middle passage’

Leanne Ellul interviews poet MALIKA BOOKER ahead of the 2024 edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival organised by Inizjamed. LE: Malika, you’re the fruit of Guyanese and Grenadian parentage. You identify as British-Caribbean. To what extent does your identity shape your poetry?MB: I identify as a British writer of Guyanese and Grenadian parentage and...