The Verandah Post
A literary newsletter for Caribbean feminist readers — seasonal, essayistic, and unafraid to take a position.
Energy and the by-products of creativity by Richard Nattoo - Discussion Essay
This week’s discussion essay by visual artist Richard Nattoo dives deep into the shadows to resurface as whole—tapping into the dark and light, honouring all energies for an authentic rendering on the literal and figurative canvases with which we work. His image—An extract from Teeth Grid I—draws you visually into this conversation.
Performance of Miss Lou's Dutty Tough by Pauline Henry-Blake
In these times, this poem by the beloved Louise Bennett-Coverley may depict how many are feeling as we are inundated by storm showers (rain a fall) yet hard times prevail (dutty tough).
Bomber and the Breadfruit Tree
Would you cut down a tree, without planting its replacement, if immediately felt the dire consequences in your life?
A Duke, The Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley - Critical Book Review
Masterfully narrated by the acclaimed, award-winning actress Bahni Turpin, A Duke, The Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley, is an engrossing, evocative, and highly original historical romance that is especially moving as an audiobook.