Myth Conception: “Naniki”
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by ivetteromero
1d ago
Val Rwigema (Montreal Review of Books) reviews Oonya Kempadoo’s recently published novel, Naniki, calling it “a work of magic realism and Caribbean futurism” and “a love letter to the Caribbean and its light-flecked waters.”  Here are excerpts; read the full review at mRb. [Also see our previous post New Book: Oonya Kempadoo’s “Naniki.”] Oonya Kempadoo’s recently published novel, Naniki, is a work of magic realism and Caribbean futurism. The shape-shifting co-protagonists, Amana and Skelele, elemental beings intertwined with Taíno and African ancestry, set out on an archipelagi ..read more
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New Book: Oonya Kempadoo’s “Naniki”
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by ivetteromero
1d ago
Can’t wait to read this exciting new book by Oonya Kempadoo, Naniki (Dundurn Press, January 2024). Description: Through luminescent light, ancestral paths, and a Caribbean spirit-inflected world, Naniki explores the musings and inner workings of the deep blue — the Caribbean Sea — and its shape-shifting sea beings. As the sea mirrors the light from the blue skies, and its depths are exposed by daggers of sunlight, so too Naniki reveals and honours the Indigenous roots of the Caribbean and its people, whose destiny is tied to the sea, the vessel of collective memory. Aman ..read more
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Travelling to different Caribbean islands, the photographer captures…
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by ivetteromero
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The full title of this beautiful article by Rebecca Fulleylove (Creative Review) is “Travelling to different Caribbean islands, the photographer captures the passion and freedom of the young people who live there in an excess of colour and joy.” Here, she explores the work of photographer Emily Stein and her series, Small Islands— “a ‘visual odyssey’ to showcase the dynamic vitality of Caribbean island youth.” Here are excerpts. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] “I have always been a bit obsessed with the Caribbean,” says photographer Emily Stein. “It’s a ..read more
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2024 Puerto Rico Cigar Convention
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by ivetteromero
3d ago
Jomar José Rivera Cedeño (El Nuevo Día) reports that, after a successful edition last year, the Puerto Rico Cigar Convention will take place on May 25, 2024, from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Vivo Beach Club. He writes that “the event promises innovation, culinary experiences, musical attractions, local and international exhibitors, crafts, spirits, cigar-inspired fashion, and art.” Here are translated excerpts from El Nuevo Día. [. . .] The event, presented for the second year by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, promises innovation, culinary experiences, musical attractions, local and international ..read more
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Discussion: Haiti’s Growing Crisis
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by ivetteromero
3d ago
Hosted by the IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Indiana University Bloomington, “Haiti’s Growing Crisis” is a roundtable with four leading voices and scholars on Haiti. This discussion on the crisis in Haiti, potential solutions, and the implications for Haiti, its neighbors, and North America takes place on Friday, March 29, 2024, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm (ET). See more information to sign up for the event below. Description: This panel discussion of Scholars on Haiti will focus on the current escalation of gang violence in the country in recent weeks ..read more
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Mangroves are ‘just awesome,’ says Tulane researcher
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by ivetteromero
3d ago
Molly McCrory (Tulane University) writes about Dr. Daniel Friess (Cochran Family Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Tulane University) and his research on coastal areas and communities, mangroves, and mangrove restoration—topics near and dear to our connected Caribbean hearts. [Many thanks to Angie Lamoli Silvestry for bringing this item to our attention.] Daniel Friess, the Cochran Family Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Tulane University, keeps it simple when explaining why mangroves, his area of study, are so special. “They’re just awesome.” Mangroves, which a ..read more
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Julia Alvarez on “The Cemetery of Untold Stories” with Edwidge Danticat
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by ivetteromero
4d ago
[Many thanks to Sophie Maríñez for bringing this item to our attention.] The Center for Fiction presents “Julia Alvarez on The Cemetery of Untold Stories with Edwidge Danticat.” This conversation between two of my favorite authors will take place in person or virtually on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:00pm (EST). Please go to The Center for Fiction to register for this event. [See previous post Julia Alvarez: The Cemetery of Untold Stories.] Description: Julia Alvarez, literary icon and author of In the Time of the Butterflies, joins The Center for Fiction to discuss her ma ..read more
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New Book— Julia Álvarez: “The Cemetery of Untold Stories”
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by ivetteromero
4d ago
Julia Álvarez’s The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel (Algonquin Books) will be released in hardcover on April 2, 2024. Description: Literary icon Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies, shares an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling and her homeland—the Dominican Republic—that Kirkus Reviews calls a “rich and moving saga” and Shelf Awareness calls “a lyrical thought-provoking meditation on truth, complicated family narratives, and the question of whose stories get told.”  Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer ..read more
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Exhibition: Osvaldo Sequeira’s “Human Being”
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by ivetteromero
4d ago
The IDB Staff Association Art Gallery (IDB SA Art Gallery) presents “Human Being” by Costa Rican artist Osvaldo Sequeira. This exhibition will open on April 9 (5:30-7:30pm) and will be on view through May 9, 2024.  The gallery is located at 1300 New York Avenue, NW (13th Street entrance) in Washington, DC. “Ser humano / Human Being”:  In his first solo exhibition at the IDB SA Art Gallery, Sequeira presents a new collection of ten acrylics on canvas and two acrylics on transparent methacrylate sheets that manifest the value of the human form as a means of expression, using the figur ..read more
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Who was Frantz Fanon, the freedom fighter Palestine supporters love to quote?
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by ivetteromero
4d ago
In his excellent review of Adam Shatz’s The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Edo Konrad (The Guardian) asks, “Who was Frantz Fanon, the freedom fighter Palestine supporters love to quote?” [Also see our previous post, The Revolutionary lives of Frantz Fanon.] Konrad writes, “The 20th-century psychiatrist, who saw violence as necessary to liberation from colonialism, is routinely referenced in conversations about Gaza. A new book considers the complexities of an icon.” Everyone sees what they want to see in Frantz Fanon. The anti-colonial ico ..read more
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