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Tag Archives: Caribbean Fiction
Caribbean-Canadian Science Fiction: A Review of Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring
Many writers and other literary types have been concerned as of late with the idea of queering science fiction, fantasy, and other kinds of speculative fiction, which have an unfortunate but not entirely undeserved reputation of glorifying certain kinds of … Continue reading
Dionne Brand’s In Another Place, Not Here: A Novel to Give Yourself Over to
For readers unaccustomed to the Black Caribbean vernacular that begins Dionne Brand’s 1996 novel In Another Place, Not Here—like me—there’s a bit of an initial hurdle to leap over to sink into this book. But trust me, it’s worth it; … Continue reading