Brian Meeks

Brian Meeks (born 1953) is a Caribbean poet and academic.

Biography

Brian Meeks was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec,^[1] of West Indian parents, and grew up in Jamaica. His poetry has been published in several anthologies. His novel, Paint the Town Red (Peepal Tree Press, 2003), is an exploration of the turbulent years of the 1970s in Jamaica (the first Michael Manley administration) through the eyes of a young middle-class man.^[2]

Meeks teaches political science at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and is director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the university.^[3]

He has written three books on radical politics in the Caribbean.

References

1. New Poets from Jamaica: An Anthology. Caribbean Artists Movement. 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
2. Paul, Annie (May 2004). "Tales of the City". The Caribbean Review of Books. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
3. "Key Role for UWI at Northern Caribbean Conference". South Florida Caribbean News. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

External links

• Works by or about Brian Meeks in libraries (WorldCat catalog)