[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Donna Hemans, author of The House of Plain Truth, recommends Caribbean family sagas that expand the definition of "family." See Hemans’s list of the recommended novels below, and an introduction by the author. For descriptions and full review, visit Electric Lit. Hungry Ghosts by…
Books by authors from TT have swept the three genre categories of the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Writers Anthony Joseph, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Ira Mathur have won the poetry, fiction and non-fiction categories of the annual prize, considered the most prestigious award for Caribbean writing, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. It