New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean David Barnes

New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean David BarnesDo not be misled by the speculative in the title. Although there may be robots and fantastical creatures, these common symbols are tools to frame the familiar from fresh perspectives. Here you will find the recent past and ongoing present of government and society with curfews, crime and corruption; the universal themes of family with parents and children, growth and death, love and hate; the struggle to thrive when power is capricious and revenge too

This darkly gothic collection of stories explores the unsettling borderland between reality and the supernatural

Mackeson and Temazepam

When this combination comes into play

and endurance

“My hunch is this will be the biggest poetry event ever – a truly global coming together of poets

Beirut – Some Place

interview and appreciations

high-brown Nanette Hinckson

Part Two of series (47 pages) on Iraqi literature with 22 authors

Actually he was already 18 years old at the time

Channer draws on his own knowledge of Jamaican culture

Releasing Stone