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This is a recording of Mary Bonina reading her poem entitled "Mountain Road from Roseau." Roseau is on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. It is the least developed of the Caribbean islands -- not the touristy white sand beaches, but mountains and rainforest. This poem resulted from a trip, with her husband and son, to visit a friend who lived there.

This is a segment "On Place in Poetry" from an interview with Mary Bonina by Hajar Jafferji for Worcester Area Writers Prject at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Other segments can be seen on youtube, and they include: "Explaining her Early Career," "On Current and Upcoming Works," "Tips on Writing," "Poetic Influences, "On Danehy Park," "Reflections on Her Father and Her Work," "Aspirations," "Describing her Memoir, My Father's Eyes."