Kendel Hippolyte is a poet, a playwright, and a director. He is the author of five books of poetry, including ""Birthright"" and ""Fault Lines,"" and his writing has been featured in various journals, such as the ""Greenfield Review"" and the ""Massachusetts Review,"" as well as in the anthologies ""Caribbean Poetry Now"" and ""Voiceprint."" He has twice won the Minvielle & Chastanet Fine Arts Award for Literature and was awarded the St. Lucia Medal of Merit in 2000.""""