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First of all, I want to thank Derek Walcott himself for talking with me several times during the course of my work, for putting me in touch with his friends in St. Lucia, and for permitting me to read and photocopy archival materials at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica and St. Augustine, Trinidad. And I am grateful to him and Sigrid Nama for their hospitality during my 1995 trip to St. Lucia, when I interviewed him at their house.
Several people—Dunstan St. Omer, John Robert Lee, and the Williamses, Gregor, Deirdre, and their daughter Abbie—not only shared their insights into Walcott's life and work, but took me to important places. Dunstan showed me his church murals at Jacmel, Monchy, and Gros îlet, concluding the day with a stop at Pigeon Island. Gregor took me the length of the island, with stops and detours along the way, sharing his knowledge as he drove. Abbie took me to Dauphin, no easy trip. During my four trips to St. Lucia, I benefited greatly from conversations with MacDonald Dixon, Hunter François, Kendel Hyppolyte, Arthur Jacobs, Jane King, John Robert Lee, Richard Montgomery, and George Odlum. I also am grateful to Robert Deveaux for his assistance in my research at the St. Lucia National Trust Archives, and to Lady Suzette Simmons for showing me several paintings by Harold Simmons from her own collection.
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