Revisit Archives

When the Apocalypse is Now: Climate Crisis, Small Island Disasters and Migration in the Aftermath of Hurricane Dorian

by ap | Apr 19, 2020 | Angelique Nixon, Issue 5, PREE 5, Revisit | 0 |

How to survive a disaster or what insurance companies call a ‘force majeure’. As we’re finding out with the Corona virus pandemic Caribbean countries, like most countries, are ill-prepared. As Angelique Nixon says “The Bahamas is not prepared. Neither are any of our island-nations and countries in this vulnerable region. And neither are most countries really prepared for this kind of disaster— a disaster fueled by climate change, injustice and inequality.”

On Hidden Scars and the Passive Voice[1]

by ap | Apr 17, 2020 | Highlights, Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Non fiction 5, PREE 5, Revisit | 1 |

NAHIR I. OTAÑO GRACIA

I was watching Spike Lee’s documentary When the Levees Broke. The most powerful scene for me was when Lee shows footage after footage of news anchors calling the people of New Orleans “refugees.”

Monologue of a Garbage Heap in Havana

by ap | May 4, 2019 | Highlights 3, Issue Three: #TheCaribbeanisnotaRealPlace, Jose Antonio Michelena, Non fiction 3, Revisit | 0 |

Sometimes, I grow so much that I become a giant. I feed off paper, cardboard, fruit and vegetable peelings, scraps of food, bottles, cans, glass, fabrics, tree branches, tables, chairs, windows, tools, rubble; car parts, computer parts, kitchen appliances, fridges, phones, TVs; anything you can possibly imagine.