By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 174 (January/February 2023)
On view: the work of the late Denyse Thomasos | Art buzz
In a special career retrospective, the work of the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos is on show in Canada
Film and Television, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 172 (September/October 2022)
Mishael Morgan: “I was designed for that moment because of where I came from” | Own Words
Trinidad-born Mishael Morgan on making Daytime Emmy history; living with purpose; and the power of storytelling — as told to Caroline Taylor
Embark, Literature, Reviews, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 164 (May/June 2021)
Bookshelf (May/June 2021) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie; Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden; An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand; and Mama Phife Represents: A Verse Memoir by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Immerse, Literature, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 159 (September/October 2019)
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
Immerse, Literature, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Donna Yawching ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
André Alexis: the puzzle of “home” | Closeup
Born in Trinidad, brought up in Canada, writer André Alexis is a “Nowherian” — and that complicated identity, along with his passion for exploring big ideas, drives his philosophical and deeply literary novels. A recent string of awards has raised his international profile, but as Donna Yawching learns, it was no overnight success for one of the most original writers in both Caribbean and Canadian literature
Culture, Music, People, Canada, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 45 (September/October 2000)
Man with a Mission
Chandradath Singh is in Miami on a mission. Not just a professional mission of diplomacy-the pursuit of trade, tourism and investment. This...
Immerse, Film and Television, People, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Jonathan Ali ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Richard Fung: no easy readings
My conversation with Richard Fung doesn’t begin with the most pleasant of topics. It’s only a few days after the horrific incident in...
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Canada
By Donna Yawching ● Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
Toronto: summer in the city
They may not have written any soulful ballads about it (yet) — but Toronto in summer is well worth singing about. For one thing, it’s...