Nicole Awai: out of the depths | Closeup By Andre Bagoo | Issue 164 (May/June 2021) “Multiplicities” — of subject, form, and even medium— abound in the work of Trinidad-born artist Nicole Awai. She draws on personal memory, communal history, and sites of the imagination like Trinidad’s famed Pitch Lake, writes Andre Bagoo
Cherie Jones: “I can’t imagine my life without writing” | Own words By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 164 (May/June 2021) Barbadian author Cherie Jones on her writing compulsion, and how her debut novel How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House became a safe space to process ideas about domestic violence — as told to Shelly-Ann Inniss
The Miseducation of Merle Hodge | Backstory By Andre Bagoo | Issue 163 (March/April 2021) Trinidadian writer Merle Hodge began her career by publishing what would become a beloved Caribbean classic, Crick Crack, Monkey, in 1970. Five decades later, as she prepares to publish her third novel, Hodge tells Andre Bagoo what took so long — and what drives her interest in capturing the often confusing experience of Caribbean childhood on the page
The Carnival photo I can’t forget | Portfolio By Various Contributors | January/February 2021 February brings T&T’s annual Carnival, and 2021 — with the physical festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic — is a year to reminisce about Carnivals past. We asked three photographers — Jason C. Audain, Maria Nunes, and Shaun Rambaran — to choose one favourite image from their respective Carnival archives, and tell us the story behind it. As it turns out, the photos they chose all had something in common
Ana de Armas — chasing the dream | Snapshot By Caroline Taylor | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue Cuban actress Ana de Armas may seem like an overnight success, but behind her rise to stardom are fifteen years of hard work, starting at Havana’s famous theatre school. Caroline Taylor says her biggest successes are still to come
Tony Hall (1948–2020) and Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall (1949–2020) | Icon By Attillah Springer | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue Attillah Springer explains the roles of T&T’s irreplaceable theatrical brothers in the ongoing struggle for cultural self-determination
Telecommuting island-style | The Deal By Natalie Dookie | November/December 2020 • Digital Issue A handful of Caribbean countries have made it easy for international professionals to work remotely from balmy tropical climes. Natalie Dookie gives the details
Anti-stoosh: Adam “DJ foreigner” Cooper | Snapshot By Amanda Choo Quan | September/October 2020 • Digital Issue From live events mixing and mashing diverse musical genres to his online Carnival Tabanca series, Trinidadian DJ Adam Cooper — also known as foreigner, based in Los Angeles — is completely reinventing what Caribbean culture can be, writes Amanda Choo Quan
