Review of Brian Meeks' The Coup Clock Clicks (original) (raw)

Abstract

2020. "Review of The Coup Clock Clicks." Caribbean Quarterly 66 (4): 585-588.

Key takeaways

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1. Meeks explores the impact of geopolitical transitions and violence in Caribbean societies post-independence.
2. The poem 'Cuba one' illustrates the dual nature of the internal 'coup clock' for the poet.
3. 'Flag independence' critiques the limited social changes after Caribbean nations gained sovereignty.
4. Meeks highlights the emergence of youth movements demanding social justice after the 1968 Rodney riots.
5. The collection questions the emotional complexities of the poet amidst revolutionary change and personal privilege.

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References (3)

1. See, for example, his Caribbean Revolution and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993);
2. Narratives of Resistance: Jamaica, Trinidad, the Caribbean (Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2000); and Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014).
3. Victor D. Questel, "Taking Orders", in Victor D. Questel: Collected Poems (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2016), 172.