Forgiving Etana

So a week has gone, and maybe – just maybe – tempers have calmed. There are more important things to Continue reading →

Mama D & The PNP

The Funeral Whether Mama D and Mama P ever met, I do not know. I could not say for sure. They belonged Continue reading →

Rules is Rules is Rules! Hopefield Preparatory and the Problem of Hair

Several of us have been keenly following the story of little Zavier Assam, banned from attending Hopefield Preparatory in Jamaica Continue reading →

My Mother Was A Guidance Counsellor

Norman Allen, the chipmunk-cheeked President-Elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association has come out in defense of the islands’ guidance counsellors. Continue reading →

Mel Cooke and the Problem of Point of View

There is a saying in Jamaica – mi throw mi corn, mi nuh call nuh fowl. (I threw my corn, Continue reading →

Dear Uptown Jamaica

This blog will not be accusing you of anything…not really. In fact, I’m writing this as one of you. Yes Continue reading →

Plagiarism in Poetry; Looting in Laventille; Carelessness in the Caribbean

Cases of poetry plagiarism have been rocking the British poetry scene since 2013. The main detective of these crimes – Continue reading →

Crotches, Crotchetiness, and other ‘C’ words: a Concise Compendium for Father Richard Ho-lung

Crotches (n) – or ‘cratches’,  derived from ‘crotch’ the part of the human body between the legs where they join Continue reading →