Derek Walcott has for some time been recognized as one of the most accomplished and resourceful poets writing in English. The volume of his work in The Fortunate Traveller, which contains such poems as "Olde New England" and "Piano Practice," cements this reputation.
"In this, his fifth collection, Derek Walcott again probes the two cultures he inhabits--the US and Trinidad--to produce a comprehensive, multifaceted picture of the two realms and of a mind divided between them."
