Wild words: Trinidadian poet Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Although Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné prefers to dwell in realms of possibility, rather than concrete certainty, the following is absolutely...
Olympic afterglow: Trinidadian Keshorn Walcott
A year later, the track and field world is still in awe of Keshorn Walcott’s performance at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Just...
Imran Khan: “I envy folks who doze off…”
With a name like his, it seems inevitable that Guyanese Imran Khan would have a career in cricket — not as a star player like his...
Marcel Pinas: the art of presence
Because of the available flight connections from Trinidad, I always arrive in and depart from Suriname nodding between sleep and waking,...
Juan Francisco Pardo: Stories for the eye
It takes significant skill and perhaps even more restraint to tell a good visual story in just sixteen minutes. To lead the viewer through...
Esther Anderson: “They said I’d snubbed Hollywood”
I was born in St Mary Parish — Highgate. I have a sister, four brothers, and other half-brothers and -sisters — my father’s children....
Emeline Michel: Queen of songs
I must begin this column with a somewhat sheepish admission: I don’t know a great deal about the music of the French Caribbean. That’s...
J-FLAG: Respecting difference
“ What is the fear of stones — n o, the fear of being stoned? What is it called, this expectancy some men carry in their...
