Two Decades of
Caribbean Writing

Poetry

Winning Words: If Only on the Outside/If Only on the Inside

If only on the outside I am fat so I cannot accept that I am worthy I know deep down my bulging belly labels me obese and I see my heavier…

Poetry

Winning Words: Exhaustive Listening

So this dumbass asked me the other day “Why does Black History Month always have to be about Death and Rosa Parks and Malcolm X and MLK?…

Poetry

Winning Words: Dear White People

Dear white people… I’m not here to fight, I’m not here to bargain, I’m not here to scream. You’re here to listen. The place you call home,…

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Latest Winning Words Focuses on “Our Uncertain Times”

….Like the world, and its words, are on fire. This edition's cover is again by Kai Miller. The following is from the back cover of The…

Features

Winning Words: Heinz 57, Maybe?

MANY BARBADIANS consider me white. At CBC, the late Terry Mayers said no matter what I do or how I think and feel I’ll always be treated as…

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Winning Words: On Race and Whiteness from the Context of Barbados #1

IN THIS GLOBAL #BlackLivesMatter moment, we are seeing a shift in conversations about race and it feels like a tipping point. White people…

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Winning Words: An Open Letter to the Prime Minister, Re: #NelsonMustGo

In plenty and in time of need When this fair land was young Our brave forefathers sowed the seed From which our pride is sprung A pride…

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Winning Words: Government’s shameless power grab on back of COVID-19

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Sir Winston Churchill told the people of the Empire at the height of World War II they were not fighting for glory…

Freedom: The Class of 2022

A Review of Attractive Forces

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The 2022 IndyList

NO, YOU HAVEN'T missed a thing. We've shifted the presentation of the ArtsEtc Independence Reading List to the top of the upcoming year…

A Review of Love After Love

Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud review – flashes of pure truthThe family setup comes at a price for a widow, her son and her lodger who…