We talk about the books we wish turned into movies/tv series… but not before ranting a bit.
Looking through the lenses of popular book to TV adaptations, Tiffany Jackson’s Grown, Jamaican history and our own personal experiences, we talk about the insidiousness of glamourized paedophilia, the over-sexualization of Black women’s bodies, why we should leave Minister Marion Hall alone and...so much more.
Ashley, Jherane and Kristina have an intimate conversation about their experiences with churches, mental health, and of course books.
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One thing about us, we’re gonna intend to talk about one thing and end up talking about 27. It’s been such a long time since we’ve done an episode that everything came pouring out of us. But that’s the beauty of a book club (and the podcasts that are like them) - you get to gush about your favourite things, the things you hate and everything in between with amazing people.
In this episode of the podcast, Ashley, Jherane and Kristina catch each other up on what they’ve been reading; all the reasons Goodreads sucks (and why we’re switching to Storygraph); our vendetta against Alfredo pasta and, perhaps more importantly, why we think Spice and Shenseea would be big fans of Talia Hibbert.
We interviewed award-winning author and environmental activist Diana McCaulay, about her latest novel Daylight Come
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We teamed up with BOCAS Lit Fest to select (not 100) Caribbean books that had an impact on our lives.
Book mentioned:
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (included in our Patreon travel club)
Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
Gardening in the Tropics by Olive Senior
The Fear of Stones and other Stories by Kei Miller
Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World by Verene Shepherd
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
We talk about the Caribbean's legacy of sugar in the form of our education and careers, economic and political life, and even our diets... and of course the book.
Book mentioned:
A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
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We meditate on the complexities of Caribbean motherhood - ladened with a history of patriarchal violence that has architected the tenuous, terrible and beautiful bonds we form with the matriarchs in our lives (and, of course, how these relationships are depicted in Caribbean literature).
Book mentioned:
Learning To Breathe by Janice-Lynn Mather
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Star Side of Birdhill by Naomi Jackson
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean by Olive Senior
Is it ok to “feel a way” when a Caribbean author doesn’t use our language and our culture in their work? We love reading novels and poetry from the Caribbean, especially ones written by Jamaican authors, but are we demanding in our expectations? Also, wtf is magical realism?
Books Mentioned Worth Reading:
A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn
PATSY by Nicole Dennis Benn
