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Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

By Brittany Allen | October 16, 2025

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By Brittany Allen | September 19, 2025

Jamaica Kincaid! The invention of a Brontë! Bruce Springsteen! 27 new books out today!

Jamaica Kincaid! The invention of a Brontë! Bruce Springsteen! 27 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 5, 2025

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Recommends Sarah Moss, Jamaica Kincaid, Carson McCullers and Others

By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum | January 17, 2025

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

The Author of “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” in Conversation with Sandra Guzmán

By Sandra Guzmán | January 3, 2025

Belonging Somewhere Else, Too: Seven Books on Making a Home in a New Country

Belonging Somewhere Else, Too: Seven Books on Making a Home in a New Country

Bruna Dantas Lobato Recommends Ayşegül Savaş, Elisa Shua Dusapin, Ananda Lima, and More

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | October 17, 2024

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By Brittany Allen | May 8, 2024

Colm Tóibín! Jamaica Kincaid plus Kara Walker! Lily Dancyger! 27 new books out today.

Colm Tóibín! Jamaica Kincaid plus Kara Walker! Lily Dancyger! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 7, 2024

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Beyond Beaches and Cocktails: A Reading List of the Caribbean

Eleanor Shearer Recommends Marlon James, Monique Roffey, and More

By Eleanor Shearer | January 31, 2023

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By The Writers Institute | September 14, 2022

Susan Choi on the Range of Language's Possibilities in Raymond Carver and Grace Paley

Susan Choi on the Range of Language's Possibilities in Raymond Carver and Grace Paley

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Angie Thomas, and Others">Kai Harris Recommends Jesmyn Ward, Toni Morrison,
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