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Caribbean Canadian writers continue To pen Their own success stories during the Shutdown By Stephen Weir KAIE KELLOUGH . Back in May of this year Kaie Kellough won the richest poetry prize in the land. The Guyanese Canadian poet Kaie Kellough was awarded the annual $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for his book, Magnetic Equator. Kellough was born in British Columbia and now lives in Montreal. His maternal family is originally from Guyana and much of his poetry revolves around that Caribbean heritage and life experiences. Earlier this week Queen’s University’s Creative Writing department announced that Kellough will be the 2020/2021 Writer-in-Residence, beginning in January 2021. The University is located in Kingston, Ontario. As well he will be in Toronto on October 6th to speak at Harbourfront about his 2020 novel Dominoes at the Crossroads . In this collection of linked stories from the Caribbean Canadian diaspora. Kellough’s characters navigate race, history, and coming-of-age