After her presentation, another woman stands before the class, then shyly turns her back to the audience, speaking quietly to the murals, as though to old friends. A young woman in a red minidress sashays rebelliously about the room, describing the famously rebellious behavior of Annie John. At the end of the presentations, Jamaica Kincaid stands, tall and stately. She looks around the room and slowly shakes her head. I'm supposed to teach you something, but it's been the other way around.
Someone raises a hand, and the questions begin.
About the cemetery, names, characters, ghosts, the islands. About Kincaid's parents, her childhood, her writing. One student asks what she should read next. I love reading. Read and pay your rent.