![]() ![]() Hill, had a famous penchant for the hilarious tall tale. His father, civil-rights activist Daniel G. We dove right in.īut this is the first thing to know about Lawrence Hill: He is a compulsive storyteller in the oral, African-American tradition. ![]() The sky was white, overcast, but the water was deliciously mild. We followed a gently winding path to the seaside. I asked, "You'll be up before 6?" I was highly skeptical.īut early the next day, as I sat reading on the porch, Hill came round the corner in swim trunks and sandals, a towel slung over his shoulders. "I'll join you for a morning swim," Hill said as I was leaving the table. I wanted to hit the beach early the next morning, before beginning a hectic day interviewing authors. It had been a long day and I retired shortly afterward. We arrived at dusk, in time to sit down for the lively welcome dinner. and drove all the late afternoon through a lush green heat to Jake's, a resort in the Parish of St. I flew in from Toronto on the same flight. Last spring, the novelist Lawrence Hill headed to Jamaica with his teenage daughter, Caroline he was slated to appear at the Calabash Literary Festival. ![]()
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