Literature

Engage, Literature, History

Guide and prejudice | On this day

Few things get outdated faster than a guidebook, but one century-old guide for Caribbean travellers reveals much about old stereotypes of the region — and what has and hasn’t changed, writes James Ferguson

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Embark, Literature, Reviews

Bookshelf (Nov/Dec 2019) | Book reviews

This month’s reading picks, with reviews of In the Vortex of the Cyclone: Selected Poems; I Even Regret Night: Holi Songs of Demerara; Perfected Fables Now: A Bookman Signs off on Seven Decades; The Lesson; and Five Midnights

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Immerse, Literature, People

Written for the young of all ages | Closeup

Young adult (or YA) literature is aimed at teenage readers, but appeals to many grownups, too. And in recent years there’s been a boom in Caribbean YA, Kimberly De Souza reports, as she meets five writers telling innovative stories about Caribbean youth

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Embark, Literature, Reviews

Bookshelf (September/October 2019) | Book reviews

This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Unraveling; Now/After; Slave Old Man; Skin Can Hold; and a look at the Hardears series

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Embark, Film and Television, Literature, People, Barbados

Q&A with Lisa Harewood | Screenshots (September/October 2019)

Barbadian filmmaker Lisa Harewood talks about her new virtual reality project exploring families separated by migration

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Immerse, Literature, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

Dionne Brand: The reinvention of poetry | Closeup

Born in Trinidad and based in Canada, writer Dionne Brand has spent decades exploring the transgressive possibilities of poetry, says Shivanee Ramlochan — breaking through boundaries of genre in her quest to understand the shapeshifting self

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Embark, Literature, Reviews, People

Bookshelf (July/August 2019) | Book reviews

This month’s reading picks, with reviews of The Caribbean Biography Series — Earl Lovelace, Derek Walcott, Marcus Garvey, and Beryl McBurnie; Tentacle; and Where There Are Monsters

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Embark, Literature, Reviews

Bookshelf (May/June 2019) | Book reviews

This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Golden Child; How to Love a Jamaican; Black Leopard, Red Wolf; Wordplanting; and The Slave Master of Trinidad

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