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Cane Warriors

Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.

Home Girl

When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life takes some dramatic twists and turns.

Kenny Stills Limited Edition Package

This exclusive limited edition package includes an autographed copy of Still Growing, Still Learning, Still Me and a custom Comfort Colors T-Shirt.

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Upcoming Events

Kira Tucker — NYU Creative Writing Reading Series (New York, NY)

11/6/26, 5:00pm

Kira Tucker presents Wildest: Poems.

Carol Mitchell — BVI Lit Fest (Tortola, BVI)

11/6/26, 9:00am

What does the future look like from an island? For generations, Caribbean storytellers have imagined worlds beyond the horizon, futures shaped by climate change, technology, migration, folklore, resilience, and possibility. Long before “speculative fiction” became a genre, Caribbean people were imagining what comes next. In What Tomorrow Say, three celebrated writers, including Karen Lord (Angel […]

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