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A Review of Black Dogs and the Colour Yellow

Christine Barrow, who made Barbados her home for nearly fifty years, delivers a masterclass in short fiction’s powers of subtlety with her…

Shivanee Ramlochan·November 8, 2020
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A Review of Pick of the Crop

Nailah Folami Imoja's novel Pick of the Crop (Heinemann, 106pp., paperback, 0-435-98966-9) opens with a familiar, Bajan, boys-on-the-block…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 8, 2020
The Gathering, Part 1, Aquarina, Jenisa Reed, 2020.

THE GATHERING: Barbados’ strike force against the COVID-19 pandemic  

PROLOGUE: NEVER RETREAT, NEVER SURRENDER Story, Script and Illustrations by the Research Methods Class of 2020 Jaleel ARTHUR Taaj deRUSHE…

2020·June 20, 2020
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A Review of Ancestors

Brathwaite’s risky reinvention of his important trilogy—Mother Poem (1977), Sun Poem (1982) and X/Self (1987)—has much to offer old and new…

Robert Edison Sandiford·May 19, 2020
Sharma Taylor (second from left), 2019 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner.

Sharma Taylor 2019 Frank Collymore Literary Award Winner

Central Bank of Barbados Governor Cleviston Haynes with top 2019 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Sharma Taylor (second from left)…

Robert Edison Sandiford·May 19, 2020
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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
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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.

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
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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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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.

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
Writers Ink Barbados, From the Cover of Bazaar, Vol 1, 2007.

Mapping Barbados’ LitScape

MAPPING BARBADOS’ LITSCAPE is an ArtsEtc project to track and document Barbados’ very rich and diverse literary tradition. At our house,…

Robert Edison Sandiford·June 27, 2019