Started reading this in December when I found out that an alternative ending had been found by a researcher. Dr. Kaneesha Parsard was working in the CLR James archives at the UWI, St. Augustine Library when she discovered it. As she writes in her paper, James was a well-known Marxist philosopher and social activist. He…
May 30th is Indian Arrival Day. First celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago as Indian Emigration Day in 1945, 100 years after the first girmityas (Indian immigrants) crossed the kala pani on the Fatal Razak to land here. Those who survived the journey brought with them their rich and ancient culture that has become an intrinsic…
One of the biggest awards in writing for Caribbean authors is the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Held annually since 2012 it rewards great writing and supports writers at various stages of their careers. As in most professions a prize means validation. But it also means opportunity and money. A new writer may find it delivers…