we say no, but do our bodies say yes?
“As lovers of conscious reggae music we respond to the rhythm with our bodies.” These are the words I wrote in my sx salon article to describe the way listeners show bodily…
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weddings (and divorce)
I decided to write this blog as a way of owning my selfishness. With the dawning of spring comes the season of commitment. And with my sister’s wedding less than 48…
repetition and repatriation
As the USA’s political passion heats up in response to Donald J. Trump, here is a reminder that we have been here before. Undoubtedly, we have even been here before in the most literal…
pon di riddim & inna di salon
This is less of a post and more of a plug… My writing is featured in the latest installation of sx salon* (issue 21, February 2016). Titled “Re-membering Our Caribbean…
finding the caribbean in rihanna’s jamaican work song
Published in 2007, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Dominican-American novelist and activist Junot Diaz remains my top pick for masculine, contemporary, aggressive, historical, feminist, political, Caribbean, border fiction. Yes, it lives up…
5 Reasons You Should Be Reading Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Untwine’
Source: 5 Reasons You Should Be Reading Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Untwine’
beyonce, formation, & contemporary black activism
Super Bowl L will go down in history as the Super Bowl that Beyoncé “slayed.” For the last several days the internet has belonged to the Queen Bey. Twitter subscribers,…
nuyorican fan support
Let the record show that I am a huge Jennifer Lopez fan. And as a fan it brings me great pride to announce that Jennifer Lopez is having the best week…
"write pon di riddim" 