♫♫ >>> THE UPCOMING PROGRAM WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED.

>> THIS PROGRAM IS UNDERWRITTEN IN PART BY -- >> UNDERCOVER BOOKS AND GIFTS IS A PROUD SUPPORTERS OF VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

WE CARRY A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS.

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT UNDERCOVERBOOKS.COM.

>> AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

>>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF WTJX, ITS BOARD, STAFF OR UNDERWRITERS.

♫♫ >>> WELCOME TO THE BOOKCASE.

I´M YOUR HOST, SHAWNA RICHARDS.

I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME AS WE EXPLORE "THE BOOKCASE" AND CELEBRATE VIRGIN ISLANDS AUTHORS AND TALENT.

EACH WEEK WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO A LOCAL AUTHOR AROUND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM AND ALL THEIR WORK.

A STORY TELLER LIVES IN EACH OF US AND WE´RE SO EXCITED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TELL THEIR STORY.

TONIGHT´S SELECTION IS OVER A HAUNTED WRECK.

I AM SO EXCITED TO WELCOME DR. GILBERT SPROUSE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I´M HONORED THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION TO SPEAK.

>> WE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.

YOU ARE A PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES.

YOU TAUGHT FOR YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS.

YOU ARE A TEACHER AND AN ACTIVIST.

WHAT GOT YOU INTO WRITING?

>> WELL, I -- ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS IN WEST AFRICA IN 1964 ON MY SECOND TOUR IN TEACHING, AFTER I STARTED IN NEW GUINEA AND WENT TO SIERRA LEONE.

WHEN I WAS THERE, I STOOD IN A LINE ONE NIGHT IN AN ACTIVITY THAT´S SIMILAR TO OUR CARNIVAL WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND IN LINE AROUND A CORNER BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE ENTRY POSTS, AND I HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.

AND I WENT HOME AND WROTE A PIECE THAT I CALL "THE KUEUE," WHICH IS A WORD FOR TAIL.

I THOUGHT FOREIGN LANGUAGES, FOR INSTANCE, SPANISH.

I DECIDED I WOULD WRITE AND CHECK OUT WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.

AND THERE WAS A MAGAZINE THERE WITH THE TITLE "THE LITERARY REVIEW," AND IT WAS PUBLISHED BY A UNIVERSITY.

AND I SENT IT OFF.

AND I -- A HANDWRITTEN TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE WE DIDN´T HAVE THE LAPTOP AND ALL THAT.

AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I GOT A RESPONSE THAT THEY LIKED IT AND IF I WOULD MAKE A FEW EDITING CHANGES, THEY WOULD PUBLISH IT, WHICH THEY DID PUBLISH IT.

SO IT´S IN THE WINTER OF 1964 EDITION OF THE LITERARY REVIEW ANTHOLOGY BECAUSE DICKENSON -- >> SO YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING SINCE ´64?

>> YES.

I BASICALLY WAS TEACHING.

I WAS IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.

DEREK WALKER CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND I GOT TO BE IN ONE OF HIS PLAY.

AND THE OTHER MAN FROM NIGERIA -- I´M TRYING TO REMEMBER HIS NAME.

MY FIRST EARLY YEARS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, I BECAME SOMEWHAT OF A STAGE GUY AND I PLAYED FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.

AND SO THAT´S PART OF MY DISTINCTION ON THE STAGE.

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN WRITING, AND I ONLY IN RECENT YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS AGO, I ACTUALLY STARTED WRITING AGAIN.

I PUBLISHED NOW THIS WILL BE MY FIFTH, I BELIEVE.

MY FIFTH BOOK, YEAH.

I PUBLISHED IT IN ST. JOHN.

WE THINK OF UNDERWATER CORAL.

AND AFTER THAT I DID TWO TRANSLATIONS.

ONE IN FRENCH AND ONE INTO SPANISH OF THAT BOOK.

AND THEN MORE RECENTLY I DID ANOTHER.

AND MOST RECENTLY NOW I DID THE SEA TALES OF A HAUNTED WRECK.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION TO WRITE THAT?

>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE SEA WITH MY FAMILY ON THE SEA.

SO WE GOT -- A LOT OF TIMES IN SAINT THOMAS, WE WOULD GO ON THIS BOAT.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS I GOT INTO LEARNING NOW TO FISH SNAPPERS AND BLUE RUNNERS.

AND I´M ORIGINALLY FROM SAINT MARTIN, HIS FAMILY IS FROM SAINT MARTIN.

AND, SO, ON FRIDAYS THEY WOULD OFTEN PICK ME UP TO GO OUT AND FISH, AND WE FISHED ACTUALLY SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT CROIX, MUCH CLOSER TO SAINT THOMAS.

AND WE FISHED IN 120 FEET OF WATER.

>> SO IS ANGLING FOR SEA TAILS A BOOK AT YOUR FISH SOMETHING.

>> YEAH.

IT´S AN ATTEMPT ON MY PART -- MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT A NOVEL.

I ASKED A QUESTION IF I AM MORE INTO PLAY WRITING, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I ASKED IF THERE IS A COMMENT.

>> WELL, I THINK THAT IT´S -- IN READING "ANGLING FOR SEA TALES OVER A HAUNTED WRECK," THERE IS SO MUCH EFFORT INTO BUILDING THE SCENERY.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AND WHO THE CHARACTERS ARE AND WHAT THE CHARACTERS ARE DOING.

AND IT´S SUCH A VISUAL STORY.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT I CAN SEE IT.

>> OKAY.

>> ON STAGE.

>> AGAIN, I ACCEPT IT AS A COMPLIMENT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE PICK UP A BOOK TO BE ABLE TO FLIP PAGES QUICKLY.

I DON´T KNOW HOW MUCH I READ MY OWN STUFF.

THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON.

AND SO I -- I SOMETIMES WONDER HOW MUCH CAN ONE REALLY PUT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO TRY THE NARRATIVE STORY AND REALLY MAKE IT COMFORTABLE FOR THE READER.

AND AT THE SAME TIME ESTABLISH SOME AUTHENTICITY OF THE CULTURAL ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SURROUNDS US AND WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE FOR YOURSELF, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE.

AND AS I SAID, WHEN YOU COME INTO SAINT CROIX, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS SELECTING TO COME ON THIS SHOW IS I MADE THIS VERY SHORT.

>> WHEN YOU´RE TALKING ABOUT HAUNTING WRECKS AND WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY AND WE HAVE SO MUCH PIRATE SHIPS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, PIRATE LORE UNDER THE SEAS, SO WERE YOU MOTIVATED BY ANY -- BY ANY ONE PARTICULAR SHIP WRECK IN WRITING ABOUT THE HAUNTING WRECK?

>> OKAY.

>> THAT´S HOW I WRITE.

UNFORTUNATE, AGAIN.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, DIFFERENT VECTORS, SOMETIMES UNRESTRAINED.

I FEEL THAT THE STORIES TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.

THESE MEN ARE ON THIS SEA, AND IT´S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THERE AND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE FISH, RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE START JUST TELLING SOMETHING TO JUST -- >> PASS THE TIME.

>> YEAH, PASS THE TIME, EXACTLY.

AND, SO, I DECIDED TO ENGAGE -- EXCUSE ME.

TO ENGAGE IN THIS STORY TELLING CONTEST TO SEE WHO COULD TELL THE BEST STORY, AND THAT´S HOW THE STORIES GOT TOGETHER.

I KNOW SOME OF THE CHARACTERS PERSONALLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A QUESTION OF WHO SAID WHAT AND WHATNOT, I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT NOBODY BEHIND THE WALL.

BUT I THINK THAT IT´S PRETTY QUICKLY OF A SCENARIO PUT TOGETHER ABOUT FIVE FISHERMEN WITH ALL THE NEW DEMOGRAPHICS IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE TO SEE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAME OUT OF A PLACE LIKE SAINT THOMAS.

BUT ONE GUY COULD BE FROM SAINT LUCIA AND ONE GUY COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO WAS FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

OR WHO SAY HE´S FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

HE WAS FROM NEW YORK.

HE CAME ALL THE WAY OVER WITH THE CAPTAIN WHO CAME OUT OF AN EXPERIENCE IN FRENCH EDUCATION BECAUSE HE CAME FROM SAINT MARTIN AND MANY PEOPLE FROM SAINT MARTIN WILL TELL YOU, I´M FROM THE FRENCH SIDE, AND WE SPEAK PROPER FRENCH.

SO WE HAVE THIS BUSINESS OF OUR OWN CULTURE, THE WHOLE DEMOGRAPHICS.

>> THE PERSON WHO PICKS UP ANGLES FOR SEA TALES WILL SEE SOMETHING THEMSELVES.

>> PRECISELY.

AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IT WILL OPEN THEIR EYES A LITTLE BIT MORE.

NO PREACHING, NO JUDGES BECAUSE THEY´RE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE.

IT´S KIND OF THE CAPTAIN FROM SAINT LUCIA.

I´M NOT JUDGING.

SO, YOU KNOW, RELAX, TELL STORIES AND HOPEFULLY AMONG THE READERS HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO MIGHT SAY SOMETHING, MAKE FUN OF EACH OTHER.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STORIES THAT REALLY COME TO YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS AS A WRITER?

>> THE PROCESS, THEY CAN BASICALLY TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY CUT IT IN ANTIDOTAL PIECES.

THAT´S WHAT I MENTIONED JUST NOW AS YOU ARE JUST LISTENING TO US AS WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW, THE PERSON AT THE CASH REGISTER, THEY ENGAGE EACH OTHER.

AND YOU HEAR SOMETHING, BUT YOU WUK OUT OF THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED THERE IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD BE INTO.

>> I COULD READ.

SO YOU HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS.

YOU HAVE ALSO TRANSLATED YOUR WORK INTO FRENCH AND INTO SPANISH.

WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP AS A YOUNG BOY HERE IN THE TERRITORY, WHAT SORT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS AUTHORS OR CARIBBEAN AUTHORS WERE YOU EXPOSED TO.

>> THERE WERE SOME OF THEM THAT WE REALLY FELT, YOU KNOW, DID SOMETHING WELL THAT I WANTED TO EMULATE.

SOME OF THEM WOULD BE WELL DRESSED AND WHATNOT BUT ALSO MAYBE HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE AND SOMEBODY WILL COME INTO CLASS AND TELL US AND WE´D MAKE FUN.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE BOOKS THAT WE WERE EXPOSED TO, REALLY GIVING US MUCH THAT WE COULD THINK THAT WE LIKE TO TRY TO WRITE LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN´T HAVE -- I CAME UP IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THE OTHER EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, IN THE CHURCH.

AND IN THOSE DAYS YOU HAD TO BE RECEIVED IN THE CHURCH AND THEN CONFIRMED.

IT WAS JUST -- I GUESS THE CATHOLICS CALL IT FIRST COMMUNION AND SECOND OR WHATEVER.

THERE IS MEMORIES WHERE YOU HAD TO LEARN THINGS AND SOMETIMES COME OUT OF THEM WITH A QUESTION IN YOUR MIND, HOW -- YOU KNOW, HOW COULD PEOPLE GO ON.

I´D ASK MY MOTHER.

>> YOUR WRITING IS SO INFORMED BY YOUR OWN WORK AS A CULTURE HISTORIAN.

AN IRREVERENT CULTURE HISTORIAN AND AN ACTIVIST FOR CULTURAL EDUCATION.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE YOUNG PERSON NO OUR COMMUNITY HAVING SO MUCH EXPOSURE TO OUR VIRGIN ISLAND AUTHORS, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT BENEFITS YOU?

>> I MET SOME PEOPLE I WANT TO MENTION IN THE FEW MINUTES WE HAVE TODAY.

I WANT TO MENTION ALL OF THEM.

BUT MARIO IS THE ONE WHO I´M RIGHT NOW READING WITH A LOT MORE ATTENTION IN THE PAST.

I WANT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THE WORK HE´S DOING BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN MANY WAYS HE´S REALLY TURNING THE HISTORY OF EYES MUCH WIDER IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN´T SEEN BEFORE.

WE EVENTUALLY GOT TO ANTONIO´S WORK.

BUT, YEAH, WE NEED MORE EXPOSURE.

MR. WHITE WHO IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND.

DR. KEN, MY SCHOOLMATE SINCE THE THIRD GRADE.

HE´S BEEN DOING SOME REALLY INTERESTING WRITING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I KEEP WONDERING HOW OUR INTELLECTS PASSED EACH OTHER.

LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW?

HE WROTE SOMETHING HE CALLED OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

AND HE DEALS WITH CONSCIOUSNESS AND HE´S TALKING AND SAYS I REALIZE THIS -- I CAN´T BELIEVE YOU ARE SO PRIVILEGED.

I SAID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT.

>> TO APPARENTLY HAVE SUCH A DEPTH AND A WEALTH OF VIRGIN ISLANDS AUTHORS, OF WHICH YOU CERTAINLY ARE ONE.

SO FOR THE PERSON PICKING UP YOUR BOOK, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT THAT WHEN THEY FINISH READING IT?

AND I KNOW YOU ARE DOING SOME EDITS RIGHT NOW TO YOUR BOOK, DOING SOME REFINING.

>> YES.

>> WHEN THAT READER PICKS UP YOUR BOOK, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF YOUR BOOK?

WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY WITH?

>> THAT´S PROBABLY THE QUESTION FOR MOST WRITERS BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE.

THEN PROBABLY THEY SHOULD JUST THROW THE PAGES AWAY OR WHATEVER.

I BELIEVE IF ALTERED THIS EXPERIENCE, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS AN ABILITY TO REDUCE OUR SERIOUSNESS ABOUT OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GRAIN OF SALT.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THEN BEYOND THAT TO SEE AND FEEL WHAT ALL THE PEOPLE ARE THINKING IF THEY COME OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE MORE INCLINED TO FALL AWAY FROM WHATEVER THEIR AGENDA IS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF JUST -- OR OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LIGHTENING UP.

LIGHTENING UP.

>> WELL, THERE IS SO MANY AUTHORS OUT THERE.

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE AUTHORS?

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PERSON WHO FEELS THAT THEY HAVE STORIES TO TELL?

>> YEAH.

YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

BECAUSE MY SON IS DOING THIS WITH A FRIEND OF HIS VERSION.

AS A RESULT OF THE COVID WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LOST.

AND SHE WANTS TO WRITE ABOUT IT.

AND HE SAID HE TOLD HIM MY FATHER WRITES.

MAYBE HE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.

HOW ONE GOES ABOUT STARTING TO WRITE A PROJECT.

AND I SAID TO HIM, YOU NEED TO STICK WITH IT.

IF SHE CAN AT LEAST START THINKING OF THE POINT OF DEPARTURE AND THEN THINKING OF A POINT WHERE SHE WANTS TO END AND THEN START ALREADY CONCEDING THAT SHE´S GOING TO GO UP A HILL, GO THROUGH A MEADOW AND COME BACK.

IF NOTHING ELSE, IN TERMS OF JUST GETTING TO SIT DOWN AND START AND SOMEHOW IN THE END SEEING THE POSSIBILITIES OF AN END BECAUSE IT´S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SHE SAID.

THEN I THINK WILL COME THE PROCESS ITSELF.

AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT IS BE GREAT.

>> ARE YOU SELF-PUBLISHED?

>> I´M SELF-PUBLISHED SO FAR.

AND OF COURSE THE ONLY TIME I WASN´T SELF-PUBLISHED WAS THE TIME I MENTIONED.

>> RIGHT.

IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE, UH-HUH.

>> RIGHT.

BUT, YEAH, I´D LIKE TO GO IF I COULD TO THE ACTUAL -- YEAH.

I FIND SOMETHING HERE.

>> OKAY.

>> SO A STORY HAS JUST BEEN TOLD, AND THIS FELLOW ON THERE, THE CHARACTER´S NAME IS BLACK MOLE.

AND ANOTHER CHARACTER IS NAMED RED BONE.

>> OKAY.

AND I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPOSITION LIKE RIGHT NOW.

AND SOME MORE FOLLOWS AFTER THIS STORY.

AFTER FIRST DARING TO REMIND THE CAPTAIN THAT HIS STORY, THEY WERE ALL STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE IN A STORM ONE DAY SOME HIGH WINDS ARE BLOWING AND THE TREES WERE BRISTLING AND THE RABBITS GOT SO EXCITED SO THE HAIRS ON RABBITS WERE ALL OVER, JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED TO GET EXCITED AND THEY´RE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND, SO, THIS STUFF GOES ON AND YOU START WONDERING, WHERE IS IT GOING?

AND, SO, WHEN IT ENDS IS WHEN AN OLD RABBIT SAYS TO THE REST OF THEM, DON´T YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN?

WE ALL GOT SCARED BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS THOSE RABBITS GOT SCARED.

AND WHAT WERE THEY SCARED OF?

AND, SO, I KNEW WE GOT SCARED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO FOLLOW US.

SO THE CAPTAIN IS NOW SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, SO JUST LEAVE THEM.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND ALL THE SAME HERE, BUT WE START TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WHEN HE SAYS THERE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM THE ONE HE WOULD TELL.

THERE IS A BETTER ONE WHO THE FORCE DUBBED THE CLASSIC DOUBTING THOMAS.

THIS MAN FOUND HIMSELF AT THE TAIL END OF A LINE OF CULTURES ENGAGED IN A SUSPICIOUS ENTERPRISE AND A DISTANT DARK NIGHT.

SUDDENLY, THE HEDMAN TURNED AND SHOUTED, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.

THE DAUGHTERS QUESTIONED AS EACH CULTURE DID HIS ABOUT FACE AND FOLLOWED SUIT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

SO WHICH HE GOT THIS ANSWER FROM EACH ONE.

YOU WILL STAND THERE ASKING WHAT HAPPENED INSTEAD OF HOLLERING AT US LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE?

SO?

SO?

SO WHAT?

WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

>> AND THAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO END OUR STORY.

>> AND I GOT A LITTLE MORE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> YOU KNOW, BY PUTTING IT IN A STORY.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND I TRY TO USE MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE SAY.

YOU HEAR THAT?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

I HEAR THAT IN SAINT CROIX.

ONE OF THE STORIES HAS THAT.

>> READ "ANGLING FOR SEA STORIES OVER A HAUNTED WRECK" WILL SAY, I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE AND MAYBE FEEL MOTIVATED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR CULTURE THINGS AND OUR STORIES.

>> A TEACHER AND A GOOD STORY TELLER.

SOME KID MIGHT ONE DAY USE IT AND COME.

AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THEIR ACTIONS.

>> WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

>> I CAN´T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OVER.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOOK.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO READING IT ONCE IT´S COMPLETED, AND IT´S BEEN A PLEASURE.

IT´S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

IT´S BEEN A PLEASURE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR LOCAL TALENT AND ALL THE BOOKS FEATURED ON THIS PROGRAM CAN BE PURCHASED AT UNDERCOVER BOOKS.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL AUTHORS AND WE´LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK WHEN WE TAKE ANOTHER SELECTION FROM "THE BACH CASE."

>>> THIS PROGRAM WAS UNDERWRITTEN IN PART BY -- >> UNDERCOVER BOOKS AND GIFTS IS A PROUD SUPPORTER OF VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

THIS INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE CARRIES A SELECTION OF BOOKS, GIFTS AND FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT UNDERCOVERBOOKS.COM.

>> AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

♫♫