Editorial: PREE 8
And just like that the twenty-first century has turned twenty-two. Its 21st year had been ruinous...
Category: Highlights 8
Genre Fluid | Marlon James & Shalini Puri in conversation
at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai International Lit fest.co-sponsored by Tata Steel and Tata...
Journey to Ashes
JOY MAHABIR
Going to the temple is a waste of my time because Mother told me about the true goddess, Kali. Kali is a warrior and must wear a fearsome disguise. She is wild, beautiful and courageous. She will protect her daughters. I feel her fierce love.
Caribbean Virgins, Caribbean Whores: Unlacing Goodness / Dismantling Perversion
SHIVANEE RAMLOCHAN
The first time I can remember being physically afraid of a man was at my Las Lomas home, during a Hindu puja. The man in question was our family pundit.
Rooted
ADAM ANDREWS
The first time was after a day at the beach. She should have walked away right then. Now she can’t. It was a nice day, too. Walking down to the beach she and he were talking when some boys, beach bums, started heckling her.
The Long Walk Home
SUZANNE BHAGAN
On afternoons, Pipe Man was surprisingly absent. However, there was another stalker. This one she called Coke Man. Like Pipe Man, his shirt was also weathered, sweat soaked, and unbuttoned.
Duppy Conqueror
LAFLEUR COCKBURN
Lilian not sure if she in purgatory or paradise. Every night, since the start ah the pandemic, a duppy breaking in she house and doing things to she body she never experience in she seventy years pan god earth.
