#Caribbean literature

[silkmystique]

The night-soil men can see a bird walking in trees. It isn’t a bird. It is a woman who has removed her skin and is on her way to drink the blood of her secret enemies. It is a woman who has left her skin in a corner of a house made out of wood. It is a woman who is reasonable and admires honeybees in the hibiscus.

Jamaica Kincaid, from At the Bottom of the River

#caribbean folklore #jamaica kincaid #At the Bottom of the River #caribbean #caribbean literature #caribbean books #whispers from the ceiba roots

[thebluesthour]

Marie-Célie Agnant, The Book of Emma, tr. Zilpha Ellis

#lit #quotes #words #prose #Marie-Célie Agnan #The Book of Emma #caribbean literature #translations #the sea the sea #typography #m #queued

[guayaba-podrida]

... el alma se le cristalizó con la nostalgia de los sueños perdidos. Se sintió tan vieja, tan acabada, tan distante de las mejores horas de su vida, que inclusive añoro las que recordaba como las peores

Gabriel García Márquez, Cien años de soledad

#gabo #gabriel garcia marquez #colombia #gabriel garcía márquez #realismo magico #realismo mágico #estoy leyendo #literature blog #literatura en español #cien años de soledad #citas de libros #caribbean art #caribbean literature #latin american literature #literatura latina #blog de literatura #realismo fantastico #realismo fantástico #saudade

[caribbeanart]

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[drkarenlord]

‘Dr. Karen Lord is one of our greatest, and in her latest novel, The Blue Beautiful World,she shows us exactly why that is. Dr. Lord is looking at the big picture here. This is not simply a cli-fi book, it is not simply a first contact story, nor is it just a space opera. It is all of these things, it is so much more than these things. We follow Owen, a mega popstar with an uncanny ability to draw a crowd and make people fall in love with him—he is described as being the “hometown hero” of every city, because he sings in every language and appears to be everywhere at once. What exactly happens during his shows is anyone’s guess, but he seems to have the world in his hands, as if by some ultra-human force. Owen and his team find themselves at the center of intergalactic attention, and Owen’s abilities might be the key to helping humanity. The Blue, Beautiful World is tied to others in Dr. Lord’s Cygnus Beta but stands alone brilliantly, with fully fleshed-out characters that you’ll become more and more invested in as the story unravels—the story zooms out to galaxy level and deals heavily with A.I. and cutting-edge technology, but its cornerstone is the relationships between characters and their individual growth throughout. In the way that all great speculative fiction is, it is a story about what makes us human, and how the connections we form with each other are vital to our survival, and it’s told in the most exquisite prose.’

Lovely preview from Christina Orlando for The Blue, Beautiful World!

#books #literature #caribbean literature #speculative fiction #the blue beautiful world #karen lord #cygnus beta

[gennsoup]

A man will suffer misery to get to the bottom of truth, but he will not suffer boredom.

Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf

#Marlon James #Black Leopard Red Wolf #boredom #misery #truth #seek truth #Caribbean literature #Jamaican literature #fantasy literature #fantasy novel #fantasy #Dark Star Trilogy #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes

[grandhotelabyss]

I know you're not a specialist in Latin America, but you are a specialist in literature, so: what and who would you say are the essential books and authors of Latin(/Central & South) America (& the Caribbean). Be as broad and over-inclusive as you like — or if you prefer, as specific, as creme-de-la-creme as you like. But I want the Pistelli crib sheet.

(You may have already written about this lol; if so, feel free to direct me to that).

The specialist in Latin America may be annoyed with what I'm about to say because said specialist will know the literatures of Latin America in granular detail, but the writers who have been the biggest influences on English-speaking literature are Jorge Luis Borges (read Labyrinths), Gabriel García Márquez (read One Hundred Years of Solitude), and Roberto Bolaño (read 2666). From the Lusophone quarter, the influence of Machado de Assis (read The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas) and Clarice Lispector (read The Hour of the Star) has been growing in English-language letters more recently. I've suggested that Valeria Luiselli's Mexican-American Lost Children Archive is among the best novels of the 2010s; Luiselli often alludes to Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, said to be the greatest Mexican novel, also a favorite of Susan Sontag's. Everything I've written about Latin American literature, mostly focused on authors not mentioned above, can be found here. There are important authors I still need to read, especially Mario Vargas Llosa. Now when it comes to the Caribbean, I'm even less of an expert, but I can't not recommend Derek Walcott's epic Omeros, one of the great English-language poems of the 20th century.

#latin american literature #caribbean literature

[venusintheblindspots-blog]

“Your rape is your fault too. After a while you realize you’re shaking not from fear, but from fury.”

- A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James

#a brief history of seven killings #marlon james #caribbean literature

[wildeing-away-the-time]

[ID: a photo of handwritten text in a notebook with a portion highlighted in blue. The highlighted portion is "the author also endows his protagonist with a capacity for experiencing for responding to the tiniest tremor as if it were a cataclysm." The full text is "keeps coming back, the author also endows his protagonist with a capacity for experiencing for responding to the tiniest tremor as if it were a cataclysm. Both these qualities prevent Mr. Biswas from being entirely the figure of pathos his author wants him to be."]

- the west indian novel and its background, kenneth ramchand

#critics #a house for mr. biswas #caribbean literature #west indian #bookblr #rien reads

[cupofteajones]

Reads to Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month

June is also #CaribbeanAmericanHeritage Month! Learn more about the culture and achievements of Caribbean Americans by checking out these great reads! #CaribbeanAmerican #bookrecommendations #booklist

June is Caribbean American Heritage Month, a celebratory month to recognize the contributions of Caribbean Immigrants have made to the United States. From food to literature, Caribbean Americans have contributed so much to the vitality and history of the United States. As a Caribbean American (my mother is from Antigua), I’m very proud of my culture and I always take any opportunity to learn more…

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#Antigua #Books #Caribbean American Heritage Month #Caribbean Culture #Caribbean Literature #Carmen Maria Machado #Costa Book Awards #Culture #Diversity #Diversity in Books #Jean Rhys #LGBTQ Pride Month #LGBTQIA Fiction #Lilliam Rivera #Margarita Engle #Monique Roffey #UK Books #UK YA Books #YA Books

[ken45roh44kat78]

MY WRITING CREDITS

  SHORT PIECES Family Album, The [Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing] Grandfather’s Garden of Earthly Delights [Wasafiri UK] Jack Of All Trades [The Fiddlehead] Underground, The [2nd Prize Polaris Magazine] Interview, The  [Adelaide Literary Magzine] Old, Helpless and in Hospital [The Globe And Mail Toronto]   NOVELS RACING WITH THE RAIN a novel set in British Guiana, Cuba and…

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#Authors #British Guiana #Canada #Canada in WW11 #Caribbean #Caribbean Literature #Fiction #Guyana #Guyana Prize For Literature #Literature #Short Stories #writers

[silkmystique]

Isn’t the ability to communicate with the invisible world, to keep constant links with the dead, to care for others and heal, a superior gift of nature that inspires respect, admiration, and gratitude?

Maryse Condé, from I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean ‘grand storyteller’ crossed over on April 2, 2024, aged 90. May she rest in peace. 🕯

#maryse condé #guadeloupe #caribbean #caribbean literature

[waywordsstudio]

Expanded Review: "Skin Folk" by Nalo Hopkinson -

Not merely a collection of horror tales, Hopkinson expands the horror genre, never forgetting that stories are about character, only underscored by the supernatural. Offering breadth and depth, the only thing wanting in these tales is room to stretch for more still.

#bookworm #literature #book reviews #read read read #books #horror #nalo hopkinson #skin folk #riding the red #folk horror #caribbean literature #jamaican literature #Youtube

[guayaba-podrida]

Biblioteca

Cien años de soledad // Gabo

Create Dangerously // Edwidge Danticat

Dreaming in Cuban // Cristina García

La casa de la laguna // Rosario Ferré

El amor en los tiempos del cólera // Gabo

Navegación: Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico

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[caribbeanart]

¿Qué es el realismo mágico?

El realismo mágico es más conocido como un género literario que se mezcla las líneas entre la realidad y lo fantástico. Aunque sus origines se disputan, no cabe duda que es el género que la gente más se identifica con la región caribeña y latinoamericana. Durante el (re)descubrimiento y la conquista del nuevo mundo en los años 1400, los europeos escribían y dibujaban mucho sobre la vida en las Américas que parecían a ellos en especial extraño y exótica.

Estas descripciones exóticas y reductoras de la región tropical en particular se refortalecían durante la colonización y llegaban a definir la región y quienes lo habitan por muchos siglos. Con la llegada del realismo mágico en el boom literario durante los años 60, el género apareció en la escena como un chance único para una reconquista que regresará la narrativa de la región en manos de sus habitantes.

Mientras hoy en día uno se puede encontrar muchos artículos sobre la tema, un detalle que muchos se pierden es que mientras experiencias mágicos del día a día se trata de una forma normal por los caracteres en sus libros, lo normal de la vida ordinaria en nuestro mundo se pone en cuestión por el lector. Por esa razón, el realismo mágico es también una forma muy popular de cuestionar la policía y tocar otras temas sociales. Sigue siendo uno de sus usos más claves en un mundo donde periodistas no siempre pueden publicar sus opiniones sin caerse en problemas con el estado, que todavía es una problema muy grande en países como Guatemala, México y muchos más.

#queria escribir sobre la tema por muchos años #xq siento q muchos se pierden la pista cuando hablan sobre el genero #realismo magico #realismo mágico #magical realism #caribbean art #latin american art #arte latino #arte latinoamericano #aracataca colombia #realismo fantastico #realismo fantástico #lo real maravilloso #vocab #vocabulario #vocabulary #literatura latinoamericana #literatura latina #caribbean literature

[drkarenlord]

Today is publication day for the US edition of The Blue, Beautiful World! The book page on my website has been updated with a book club kit designed to delight the cosy intellectual mind.

#books #literature #caribbean literature #speculative fiction #karen lord #the galaxy game #the best of all possible worlds #the blue beautiful world #cygnus beta