In October, John Robert Lee curated Acalabash Caribbean Poetry Portfolio-13. The portfolio includes poems and artwork from across the Caribbean.
Featuring:
Over at the Jamaica Observer, Jacqueline Bishop writes about the recent set of plates she has completed under the title The Market Woman's Story. She discusses her journey as an artist and how she uses local Caribbean flowers to tell Jamaican women's stories, such as in her first poetry collection, Fauna.
Shara McCallum has won the 2022 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry for No Ruined Stone. The winners were announced in a virtual ceremony last night.
The 2022 winners are:
Fiction
Judges: Preston Allen, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Amina Gautier
Debut Fiction
Judges: Ron A. Austin, Breena Clarke, and Zinzi Clemmons
Aura Libraries in Wales have put together a list of essential books for Black History Month. Included in the list is Malika Booker's Pepper Seed.
On 23 November 2022, Geoffrey Philp will be granted the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Council of the Institute of Jamaica for outstanding merit in the field of literature. The Musgrave Medal is an annual award in recognition of achievement in art, science, and literature. Originally conceived in 1889, the award was named in memory of Sir Anthony Musgrave, the founder of the Institute and the former Governor of Jamaica who had died the previous year.
John Robert Lee's poem 'Endings' appears on page 215 on this month's issue of Blue Mountain Review. You can read the magazine for free online.
John Kinsella has blogged about recent goings on at his website, Mutually Said: Poets Vegan Anarchist Pacifist. John includes a poem, and his brief musings on colonialism, monarchism and enforced grief:
We are very excited to share that Shara McCallum's No Ruined Stone is a nominee for a 2022 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award. The winner will be announced in October, and we are crossing our fingers for Shara!
A new series of photos by Johny Pitts shines a light on communities and subcultures that have all too often been overlooked. Huck Magazine takes a closer look:
In July, John Robert Lee curated Acalabash Caribbean Poetry Portfolio-10. The portfolio includes poems and artwork from across the Caribbean.
Featuring:
