Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-395) and index.
Introduction / Stewart Brown -- The shape of the passion: the historical context of Martin Carter's poetry of protest (1951-1964) / Clem Seecharan -- Martin Carter and Politics / Rupert Roopnaraine -- from 'Astride Two Visions' / Ivan Van Sertima -- from 'The Necessity of Poetry' / Louis James -- The 'Protest' Tradition in West Indian Poetry / Samuel O. Asein -- The Guyaneseness of Guyanese Writing / Jeffrey Robinson -- Martin Carter's Earliest Poetry / Frank Birbalsingh -- Foreword to Poems of Resistance from British Guiana, 1954 / Sydney King -- Preface to the 1964 edition of Poems of Resistance / Neville Dawes -- A commentary on two poems / A. J. Seymour -- Conceptual Perspectives on Time and Timelessness in Martin Carter's 'University of Hunger' / Barbara Lalla -- Re-reading Martin Carter / Rupert Roopnaraine -- Resistance poems: the voice of Martin Carter / Kamau Brathwaite -- The Root and the Stone: The Rhetoric of Martin Carter's Poems of Succession / Jeffrey Robinson -- Foreword to Poems of Affinity / Bill Carr -- The Politics of the Heart / Eusi Kwayana -- 'Assassins of the voice': Martin Carter's Poems of Affinity 1978-1980 / Gordon Rohlehr -- Martin Carter's Poetry of the Negative Yes / Kamau Brathwaite -- A note on Martin Carter's 'Bent' / Alan Persico -- The Dislocated Idiom of Martin Carter / Stephanos Stephanides -- 'The poet is speaking': Martin Carter's politics of communication / al creighton -- The Poems Man: Lyrical humanism in the poetry of Martin Carter / Michael Gilkes -- Locating Martin Carter / Edward Baugh -- Of space, being and consciousness in the poetry of Martin Carter / Mark A. Mcwatt -- A vision of land and landscape in the poems of Martin Carter / Stanley Greaves -- A comment on Martin Carter's discussion of his poetics / Kwame Dawes -- Martin Carter's poetic essays in Community / Gemma Robinson -- Martin Carter's Prose: An Appreciation / Nigel Westmaas -- Memoir / Wilson Harris -- Tribute to Martin Carter / Jan Carew -- No Illusions / Eric Huntley -- Glimpses of Martin Carter in his early years / Janet Jagan -- A Measure of his Hope / David de Caires -- For Martin Carter / Milton Williams -- His Impulse is Always Lyrical / Derek Walcott -- Martin Carter: A Poet of the Americas / George Lamming -- To Martin Carter / Syl Lowhar -- Martin Carter 1927-1997: a personal memoir / John La Rose -- Martin Carter / John Figueroa -- A gimlet eye ... / Roy Heath -- Encounters with Martin Carter / Anne Walmsley -- News Back Home / John Agard -- The Complete Performance / Merle Collins -- On not knowing Martin Carter / David Dabydeen -- In memory of Martin Carter / Fred D'Aguiar -- All of a Man / Kendel Hippolyte -- Give Thanks / Linton Kwesi Johnson -- A Memory of Martin Carter / Karin King-Aribisala -- In Tribute to Martin Carter / Roi Kwabena -- The Light / Abdul Malik -- For the Environment / E. A. Markham -- with nuff respect for MC / Marc Matthews -- The warship, the poet and dangerous words / Mark McWatt -- The Poet / Pauline Melville -- Having Speech / Michael Mitchell -- Farewell Function / Mervyn Morris -- For Martin Carter / Grace Nichols -- Watch my language: from Cheddi Jagan to Martin Carter / Sasenarine Persaud -- Martin Carter - Beacon / Janice Lo Shinebourne -- A friendly, dream-ful, dangerous man / Eusi Kwayana -- Martin / Ian McDonald -- Martin Carter: more than an excellent poet / Mervyn Morris -- One dream is enough: a tribute to Martin Carter / Vanda Radzik -- The Voice of One Crying / Ken Ramchand