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Poetry

Ars Poetica: Canticles

for Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados “Yet why not say what happened? Pray for the grace of accuracy Vermeer gave to the sun’s…

John Robert Lee·April 18, 2020
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News

Winning Words…And Saving Lives

Casting out again. This edition's cover is by Kai Miller. A version of the following speech was presented by ArtsEtc Editor Robert Edison…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 30, 2020
Drawing in pencil and markers of Nike VaporMax 2019 by Aeryn Sandiford, March 2020.
Blog

For the Days After COVID-19

What's more crushing than COVID-19? Illustration Copyright © 2020 by Aeryn Sandiford. “How does a culture withstand the onslaught of a…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 21, 2020
Kamau Brathwaite, 1930-2020.
Blog

Poets@Work: Remembering Kamau Brathwaite

Kamau Brathwaite, widely acclaimed as Barbados’ greatest poet, and certainly one of the giants of Caribbean Literature, whose writings…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 4, 2020
Image of Kendra by Dean Currency, March 2020.
Features

Freedom: The Class of 2020

The mighty Kendra. Illustration Copyright © 2020 by Dean Currency. Comments courtesy of the 2020 graduating class of BFA graphics students…

Robert Edison Sandiford·December 11, 2019
ArtsEtc Contributing Editor Racquel Griffith on a ladies' night out in China, circa 2019.
Blog

Long Roads Home

ArtsEtc contributing editor Racquel Griffith (first from the right) and friends exploring the rich experiences Chinese culture has to offer…

Racquel Griffith·December 5, 2019
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News

Missing Paule Marshall: A Tribute

Paule Marshall, 1929-2019. Photo Copyright © The Associated Press. “…Thus, a complex body of work was narrowed down to its racial themes,…

Margaret D. Gill·December 1, 2019
Heather Barker, Second Place Winner, Frank Collymore Literary Award 2018.
News

Frank Collymore Literary Award Winners In Print

Heather Barker, second-place winner of the 2017 Frank Collymore Literary Award for The Plundering, a collection of stories. The title story…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 30, 2019
ArtsEtc
News

A Review of Watching Out for Mummy

Norma Meek sure knows how to pack a bariffle of pre-teen troubles into 150 pages. In Watching Out for Mummy, which the author wrote twelve…

Linda M. Deane·November 30, 2019
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News

The 2019 IndyList

THE ArtsEtc Independence Reading List is now nine years old! The IndyList, as we like to call it, is a selection of 12 Barbadian books to…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 30, 2019
Toni Morrison, 1931-2019.
News

Truth She Wrote — A Found Poem and Collected Thoughts on Toni Morrison

Barbadian writers share their thoughts and feelings on Toni Morrison. ArtsEtc lands the found poem "Truth She Wrote" in the process. Read…

Linda Deane·August 17, 2019
Amanda Haynes at work, July 2019.
Studios

Amanda Haynes: Finding Balance

11 Views on How to Balance Writing with a Full-time Job 1. You don’t. You can’t. Whoever told you you can is lying. 2. If you try anyway,…

Robert Edison Sandiford·July 29, 2019
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