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By the time I was in college, my father had gotten clean but would soon be struck down with a stroke. His kidneys would fail him and he would have to become a ward of the State. In this home, he’d be able to have the dialysis treatment that
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“It is not the known danger that we most fear, the shark that patrols the bay, the lion that rules the savannah. It is the betrayal of what we trust and hold close to our hearts that is our undoing: the captain who staves in the boat, the king who sells his subjects into slavey, the child who murders the parent.”
― Redemption in Indigo
― Redemption in Indigo
“Anyone can cook, but the true talent belongs to those who are capable of gently ensnaring with their delicacies, winning compliance with the mere suggestion that there might not be any goodies for a caller who persisted in prying.”
― Redemption in Indigo
― Redemption in Indigo
“There is a Zion which is a place deep inside”
― The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim
― The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim
“I was called "fas'" my entire life. "She too fas'!" is a refrain, pregnant with disdain, that shoots out of the mouths of women instead of loving girls, instead of nurturing us, teaching us. These refrains become a noose that is thrown at the first sign of a girl's intellect, that tightens itself around her neck the older she grows. If she learns not to silence herself the women around her will. This is what being complicit in the patriarchy demands.”
― Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
― Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
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This group is for readers who enjoy (or would like to learn more about) works by writers from the Caribbean and its diaspora... All languages welcome. ...more
Elle’s 2025 Year in Books
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