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Two Decades of
Caribbean Writing

Explore over 446 stories we've published since 2003 — poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and reportage.

446 stories

John Robert Lee, St Lucian poet, by St Lucian artist Ted Sandiford, 2019.
Poetry

Petroglyphs and pictographs: after Ron Savory (1933-2019)—In Memoriam

“…artefacts air-brushed from memory, teasing holograms in glass globules, daring translation: What can I make for you of those old bones,…

John Robert Lee·February 28, 2019
Cover of Kamau Brathwaite's Liviticus: The first poem of the Burning of the Body and the Tearing of the Flesh... (House of Nehesi Publishers, 2017).
Features

Lessons from Poetry: Complaint and Sorrow in Kamau Brathwaite’s Liviticus

WE HAD a close encounter in our house a couple months back. It was unplanned, unexpected and poetic in nature. With that casual,…

Linda M. Deane·December 9, 2018
Dance Strides Barbados, Children Performing, Photo Posted 2018
Blog

Caressing Space

Dancing with respect: a member of Dance Strides Barbados shows how it's done. Photo Copyright © 2018 by Dance Strides Barbados. FROM…

Wendy Green·November 30, 2018
Esther Phillips, Barbados' First Poet Laureate, 2018
Studios

Esther Phillips: Vast Interiors

ESTHER PHILLIPS became the first ever Poet Laureate of Barbados in March 2018. The well-known poet and teacher became in 2007 the editor of…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 18, 2018
Stan Lee and Peter Parker, November 2018.
Features

Writing the Caribbean Superhero Novel

for Stan Lee, December 28, 1922-November 12, 2018. Nuff respect. Nuff said. MY WIFE CALLS my novel And Sometimes They Fly “the Caribbean…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 18, 2018
Anthony Kellman, Barbadian poet, novelist, professor, 2018.
Studios

Anthony Kellman: Praising Jaja

Anthony Kellman is the author of three novels and five volumes of poetry; most recently, winner of the 2018 Casa de las Americas Literary…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 14, 2018
Past Issues

No. 21: Value-added design

Published: October 2006 Theme: Bajinnovation: Checking the Pulse of Design in Barbados Cover: Chattel house abstract (from photo by Sean…

November 6, 2018
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Fiction

Snowball Effect

Photo Copyright © 2018 by twentysixdollars.com. “I LOST MY BRIEFCASE with my all of my notes!” Mort cried, bursting through the front door.…

Nailah Folami Imoja·November 4, 2018
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News

A Review of Frontiers of the Caribbean

Compelling and emphatic language toned down by academic speak. A stitched-together structure that is both focused and diffuse. The folk…

Robert Edison Sandiford·October 31, 2018
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News

A Review of The Thunder Beneath Us

In Nicole Blades' second novel, The Thunder Beneath Us, a talented but self-sabotaging writer is forced to grapple with her painful past as…

Publishers Weekly·October 31, 2018
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News

A Review of New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

The Caribbean has a powerful, modern tradition of fantastic literature that’s on full display in this anthology of original fiction by…

Publishers Weekly·October 31, 2018
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News

A Review of Prickett’s Well

Edison T. Williams' Prickett's Well is a long fuse with a slow burn, where the sparks are visible but the time to detonation is unknown.…

Ronald A. Williams·October 31, 2018
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