A report from the Latin American Herald Tribune. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. The Dominican origin of an iconic tropical shirt, known as “guayabera” or “chabacana” and popularized by acclaimed Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is being showcased in a photo exhibition in Santo Domingo. One of the most…
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024, Pam Williams’s A Trace of Sun was published by Legend Press in March 2024. Louise Hare (author of This Lovely City and Miss Aldridge Regrets) calls the novel “An unflinching look at one family's experience of immigration, exploring mental health, identity and family.” Description: ‘Don’t go Mammy…
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Ed Morales (reporting from San Juan, Puerto Rico, for The New York Times) writes about Daymé Arocena and her musical trajectory. He says, “The prodigious jazz singer came to embrace her inner pop star on a new album made with Visitante from Calle 13.” Running her fingers through her dreadlocks in an outdoor cafe overlooking…
Jo Lawson-Tancred (Artnet) reviews the sculpture “The First Supper (Galaxy Black)” by Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan. This monumental piece has been installed in the courtyard of The Royal Academy of Art as part of “Entangled Pasts, 1768-now: Art, Colonialism and Change,” which runs through April 28, 2024. [Also see previous post Entangled Pasts 1768-Now: Art,…