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Tag: Caribbean Literature
Read “Father, Father,” Garfield Ellis’s story from Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean
To celebrate the release of his new novel The Angels’ Share, today we’re pleased to feature author Garfield Ellis’s story from Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean.
Kwame Dawes’s Preface to Coming Up Hot
To celebrate the release of Coming Up Hot: Eight New Poets from the Caribbean, today we’re pleased to give you a look at the book’s preface, written by Kwame Dawes.
“Guango River” by Tricia Allen
The lunch bell begins to ring, so we say our prayers, chewing the words up in our mouths with half-open eyes as we watch our teacher, leather belt in hand . . .
“Children Play While Shadows Walk” by Neala Bhagwansingh
We scampered across the assembly hall to peep out of the wooden louvered windows of our primary school, hoping to catch a glimpse of the parents as the cars pulled up across the street at the porte cochere of the Members Club to deposit their passengers . . .
“The Belizean Body Dump” by Tom Leins
Freddy scowls when I shine my flashlight in his face. His gold tooth glints in the gloom . . .
“Best Foot Forward” by Brandon O’Brien
This was the ninth time for the week she had noticed it: a splitting migraine . . .
“Woman at the Gate” by Vashti Anderson
We all sneezed. Or maybe I just sneezed, but we all looked away at exactly the same time and, at exactly the same time, looked back . . .