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A Review of Josephine Against the Sea

Josephine Against the Seaby Shakirah Bourne (Scholastic, 304 pp, ISBN 9781338642087) Long before this Barbadian writer and filmmaker made…

Shivanee Ramlochan·August 16, 2022
Past Issues

No. 1: The Jazz-Art Connection

Published: March/April 2003 Theme: The Art-Jazz Connection Cover: Prediction, oil on canvas by Ras Akyem Ramsay. Part of the National…

June 20, 2022
Art by Gary Jerome Jones, pen and colour markers on card stock, 2022.
Poetry

Two Poems

Subconscious Individuality A rocking horse soothes the internal rhythm There's only so much I can do with the disturbances and the…

Gary Jerome Jones·June 8, 2022
House in Castries, Saint Lucia. Photo Copyright © 2022 by John Robert Lee.
Poetry

Poems for Kendel @ 70

A City Affair (for the Saint Lucian poets) “Don’t you know I love you but am hopeless at fixing the rain?” – Derek Walcott We meet on the…

John Robert Lee·June 6, 2022
George Lamming, the celebrated Barbadian author of the classic novel In the Castle of My Skin, died June 4, 2022, just four days shy of his ninety-fifth birthday, in Barbados.
Blog

George Lamming, Going Home

George Lamming, 1927-2022. Photo Copyright © 2002 by Ronnie Carrington. HOW IMPORTANT is a book, any book? To any one person, people, time,…

Robert Edison Sandiford·June 5, 2022
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Features

The Light of Dawn

Saint Lucian children's author Dawn French and her good friend Peanut. AMONG THE JEWELS that make up the Caribbean archipelago is Saint…

Zoanne Evans·May 5, 2022
Weights & Measures by Linda M. Deane, April 2022.
Blog

Voting for Real: The Weight and Measure of an X

What's the worth of an X? A woman's vote? A man's life? Our better world? Illustration Copyright © 2022 by Linda M. Deane. I HAVE BEEN…

Linda M. Deane·April 25, 2022
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Fiction

Those Are Pearls

INSIDE THE PRISON was warm. Adrian sat facing a grizzled man through a cracked plastic screen. The old man looked a vision of Adrian…

Brian Franklin·March 14, 2022
Russian protests against Putin's invasion of Ukraine, February 2022.
Blog

When Sovereignty Is Not a Choice

Protests in Russia against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo Copyright © 2022 by The Punch. SOME BARBADIANS have criticized our…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 26, 2022
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News

21 Quick Facts about Bajan Lit

1. The Frank Collymore Literary Award, launched in 1998, is the most lucrative writing prize in Barbados, with the top “Colly” winner…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 4, 2022
The ArtsEtc NIFCA Winning Words Anthology: 2019/2020, Cover.
Fiction

Winning Words: A Bajan Love Story

“TYRONE, YOU HEAR DAT?” He grumbled and turned his back to her. “Tyrone,” she hissed again. “Get up, somebody outside de house.”…

Racquel Williams·January 24, 2022
The ArtsEtc NIFCA Winning Words Anthology: 2019/2020, Cover.
Poetry

Winning Words: Resurrection 1

No kites up in the air this year No singing angels’ majestic climb No raging bulls No dancing round-kite Square-kite Box-kite Not a…

Winston Farrell·January 24, 2022
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