Why Oral History Frightens Official Records
Oral history resists control, footnotes, and erasure—especially in Caribbean storytelling.
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Ritual Is Not Superstition: It’s Technology
Caribbean ritual operates as a system of memory, grief management, and survival—not belief. Clara Campbell returns from Kingston with new categories….
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Jamaican and Caribbean Literary Greats Who Shaped the World We’re Still Writing In
Caribbean literature has never been provincial, no matter how often it has been treated that way. Writers from Jamaica and across…
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What Makes a Literary Caribbean Novel Different From Diaspora Fiction
A literary Caribbean novel is often grouped together with diaspora fiction, as though geography, history, and cultural position were interchangeable. They…
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Language, Power, and Accent in Caribbean Fiction
Language in Caribbean fiction is not decorative. It is structural. Accent, dialect, rhythm, and register determine not only how a story…
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Desire, Power, and the Supernatural in Paranormal Erotica Novel
A paranormal erotica novel uses the supernatural not as decoration, but as a tool—one that magnifies desire, sharpens power dynamics, and…
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The Rise of Paranormal Erotica in Independent Publishing
Paranormal erotica books have been quietly gaining ground outside traditional publishing, even as mainstream houses continue to treat the genre as…
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What Makes Paranormal Erotica Different From Fantasy Romance
Readers conflate these genres constantly, and the confusion isn’t their fault. Publishing did this. The industry collapsed anything with magic and…
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What Publishing Calls “Neutral Editing” — and Why It Isn’t
This essay is part of our ongoing examination of publishing systems and editorial power in Black and Caribbean literature. “Neutral editing”…
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WHY CARIBBEAN STORIES GET EDITED INTO OBLIVION
Caribbean stories are often edited until they no longer sound like themselves. This essay examines how publishing craft becomes a tool of erasure rather than support for Caribbean voice.