Jamaica's Poet Laureate 2017-2020 Lorna Goodison, who has been hailed as "one of the finest Caribbean poets of her generation", was born on August 1, 1947.

August 1 is celebrated as Emancipation Day in Jamaica.

On her essays and how she got into writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eor2h2KYCm0

On how her mother influenced her writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i1w3McxNl0

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