Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.
1. Introduction: The Third Wave. Guanahani. Waves and Echoes -- 2. Olive Senior: Country Air and Juggled Worlds. Summer Lightning: Customs of the Country. Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Discerner of Hearts: The Wider World -- 3. Zee Edgell: The Belize Chronicles. Beka Lamb: A Lesson in History. In Times Like These: Growing into Home -- 4. Shiva Naipaul: Choreographer of Chaos. Essays and Stories. Fireflies: Illuminating the Void. The Chip-Chip Gatherers: Ropes Across the Abyss. A Hot Country: Too Much Nothing -- 5. Caryl Phillips: The End of All Exploring. The Final Passage: The Book of the Parents. A State of Independence: The Book of the Sons. Cambridge: The Book of the Ancestors -- 6. Robert Antoni: The Voyage In. Short Fiction. Divina Trace: The Tale of Telling