Happy Birthday PLEASURE!
Well what do you know? It's been one year since I've been blogging at PLEASURE already! What a year it has been. Among the things I've posted on in this fairly batty space are: * Stuff at Alice Yard , an " image interview " with graphic designer Marlon Darbeau, my thoughts on Boscoe Holder's male nudes , the relationship between art and politics and even reviews of the last general election manifestos ! * Interviews with Trinidadian/Irish novelists AMANDA SMYTH and MONIQUE ROFFEY , Trinidadian painter EMBAH and many others in our artist interview series ; * Original poetry by British-based Trinidadian poet VAHNI CAPILDEO and prose by Commonwealth award-winning Trinidadian writer BARBARA JENKINS ; * An in-depth analysis of the enduring problem of a lack of proper arts facilities in Trinidad and Tobago (this remains the most widely read post on the blog to date--overall, there have been 33...