PJ Patterson Institute to launch Lorna Goodison’s Caribbean reimagining of Dante’s Inferno

KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 20 years in the making, one of the most transformative projects in modern Caribbean literature is preparing for its official public debut. The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy will host the launch of Lorna Goodison’s *Dante’s Inferno: A New Translation* on the evening of May 6, 2026, in the main library’s multifunctional room at the University of the West Indies Mona campus, the institute announced in an official statement released Saturday.