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Nov
25
Grief Overload; Different Maps
November 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
I have been dreaming about the dead for a month now, about all those who died, in our opinions, before their time. Whatever that means. Today we remember another one: Winston Saunders, who died a year ago today in Jamaica.
And just for today, I’m posting something completely different. This is from the [...]
Nov
19
Update on Harl Taylor’s death
November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
From the Guardian:
It is understood that Taylor was stabbed many times about the body and because of the amount of blood at the scene officers had to wear protective footwear and clothing. Crime scene investigators and murder squad detectives did not leave the scene until 6 p.m. Sunday.
Taylor lived a short distance from College of [...]
Nov
18
R.I.P. Harl Taylor
November 18, 2007 | 7 Comments
Fashion Designer Harl Taylor Murdered
The second brutal murder in the same neighbourhood in two days.
Nov
17
Walk good, Dr. Mac
November 17, 2007 | 4 Comments
Dr Thaddeus Macdonald found dead at his home
Here in Nassau, in the cultural and academic communities, and in the Baptist community and the Cat Island community and the conscious community, we’re grieving at the death of Thaddeus Macdonald, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Educational Studies.
We’re grieving because of the kind of man we’ve [...]
Nov
13
What does it mean to be this Caribbean writer? - Tobias Buckell
November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
What does it mean to be this Caribbean writer? at Tobias Buckell Online
Got to this post courtesy of Nalo Hopkinson.
edit: Back with comments:
Tobias Bucknell writes about being a multiracial SF writer, and what response he gets when he identifies as such. For instance:
I jokingly have been called ‘an undercover brother.’ Vin Diesel calls [...]
Nov
11
Thinking it through
November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
I know. I know. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted anything really thoughtful on this blog. There are some reasons for that, among them a couple of personal bereavements that distracted me from anything too much, a set of commitments that really do take up my time, and a [...]
Nov
1
Riding out the storm
November 1, 2007 | 3 Comments
Or floating it out, more like.
Apparently Noel is right over us. The air is still and coolish, and the wind, which blew fairly actively yesterday, is a soft breath.
Here’s the latest track.
Hard to believe that we’re in a tropical storm.