How many fisher folks do you know? A handful, perhaps? How many of them are women?  Meet Diana Pascal. She is my friend, and the owner of Blue Runner Tackle Store, a growing player in the fishing industry in Dominica.  Two things are fascinating to me about Diana’s journey:  Being the curious person that I…

For almost twenty years I worked in a corporate environment, mostly in Sales and Marketing. Now, after a grueling three years and a Master of Fine Arts  in Creative Writing (MFA), I enjoy a whole new career as a writer. My writing took me to academia. I teach, and I love it! However, in many…

Oftentimes, people say that a degree is just a piece of paper. The expression is used in various contexts – perhaps the degree holder has a bad attitude, or the degree holder has no relevant work experience. But many times, there is a disrespect attached to the tone. I myself may have said it at…

‘Atiya Firewood’ is out in the world and I am elateeeeeeeddd!! If I were to rate acceptances vs rejections in the complex world of writing, I would say that the ratio is 5% acceptance and 95% rejection. If I’m wrong, then I’m not too far off the mark. I submitted a more condensed version of…

My close friend, Nichole, recently reinvented herself in a way that is phenomenal, inspiring and I daresay empowering! When I was growing up, there was a saying that ‘your hair is your beauty.’ As a residual effect of slavery, many of us were conditioned to better appreciate a full head of hair, particularly long hair.…

This is a really inspiring conversation. I think writing can be so heavy sometimes, and sometimes we really need to reset. PREE Annie Paul Two days before the next winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is announced on June 30 it gives us great pleasure to present an in-depth interview with Roland Watson-Grant, an…

Scroll to continue reading or see the video here   Life’s Little Miracles… For Nataani   Conception. It is mystical, divine. For what compares to the miracle that is life?  I’m ever in awe when I think, of Tiny cells fusing  Evolving  Materialising  Into a soul, living   Protected by her haven; my womb.     She kicks…

‘Fortytude’ and ‘fortyfied’ at 40 Y’all! Lemme give you a little background story. I was born into an extended, low income family. Our home was modest and small with numerous people and limited resources, and for the first eight years of my life we had no indoor plumbing. At the time, it was normal to…

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