Joanne C. Hillhouse 4/18/24 Joanne C. Hillhouse 4/18/24

The Imprecise Science of Character Naming

A recurring thought, so far, has been names/identity/labels as I navigate who these characters are, what they call themselves and, because we live in a social reality, what they are called by others.

Intersect 4/18/24 Intersect 4/18/24

Get to Know Our Artist-in-Residence

Joanne, or Jhohadli, is one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most prominent contemporary writers. Having contributed to the growth of the literary scene on a local, regional, and international scale, she has published eight books of fiction…

Intersect 4/4/24 Intersect 4/4/24

A Place for Theory: Finding Ceremony at the Black Feminisms Forum

On the opening night of the 2024 “Global Black Feminisms Forum: Building Black Feminist Worlds,” the first of its kind in Barbados, Amina Doherty offered a politics of gathering punctuated by rituals of speaking and movement.

Intersect 3/18/24 Intersect 3/18/24

Coming Soon: Teach-In Series

Intersect Antigua-Barbuda is pleased to announce its upcoming inaugural teach-in series.

Intersect 3/8/24 Intersect 3/8/24

Coming Soon: Artist-In-Residence

Intersect Antigua-Barbuda is pleased to announce its forthcoming inaugural series, The Artist-In-Residence programme.

Intersect 12/23/23 Intersect 12/23/23

Guyana, Venezuela, and Colonialism

Although the current lines dividing South America and the Caribbean were drawn by colonial powers and do not reflect the reality of the indigenous residents prior to colonisation, it is nevertheless important to recognise that the indigenous Caribbean people – in addition to the afro-Caribbean and indo-Caribbean people – living in the Essequibo region consider themselves Guyanese. This fact alone should warrant an end to the dispute.

Intersect 12/8/23 Intersect 12/8/23

Transnational Feminism and Gender-Based Violence

A world released from the vicious grip of gender-based violence demands building movements across borders and regions. It calls for us to agitate for Palestine’s liberation, to push for an end to the war in Sudan and assist those displaced by it, and to protest the neocolonial forces keeping the Democratic Republic of the Congo in conflict and its people exploited for resources that power our societies. It calls for us to stand with Guyana and the people of the Essequibo region – many of whom are indigenous – who are at risk of being uprooted from their homes in the face of potential annexation by Venezuela. It requires that we engage in direct action and work to elevate the Caribbean’s collective consciousness through education and the co-creation of feminist thought.

Jeanine M. Gervais 7/8/22 Jeanine M. Gervais 7/8/22

Save the Earth

I struggle to breathe

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Continuously you feed.

I am living in fear.

Amelia Badri 7/6/22 Amelia Badri 7/6/22

Blackout

When the lights go off, and on, off- again-on-again, and finally out, tea light candles glow in every bedroom, two in every washroom.

Nastassia Rambarran 7/4/22 Nastassia Rambarran 7/4/22

Two haikus about the darkened sky and after

darkness at midday

the volcano next door flew

Jeanine M. Gervais 5/30/22 Jeanine M. Gervais 5/30/22

Connected to the Earth

You come to Sell

Your craft everyday

Tourist come to buy

Glass, plastic, shell.

Lafleur Cockburn 4/29/22 Lafleur Cockburn 4/29/22

Milk in Bush Tea

By sunup, Soufrière have the country inside out. Bryna cyar recognize he farm; the North Pole like it move to Orange Hill, bringing heat instead ah cold.

Grace Peters-Clarke 4/25/22 Grace Peters-Clarke 4/25/22

Strayed Child of Hairouna

You used to tell people about the volcano in your island with a kind of pride, the life source of the island-- a natural phenomenon that humbles even the most arrogant. Is it still active? People would usually ask. Could blow at any time you respond.

Jacinth Howard 9/9/21 Jacinth Howard 9/9/21

Snow on Banana Leaves

Petra had lived long enough to witness this once before. The monstrous anger of Soufriere in 1979. The pelted stones and the wrathful skies of obsidian.

Intersect 7/25/21 Intersect 7/25/21

Caribbean Feminist Stories: Volume II

Did you know? The Sea and Sand are lovers. With every ebb and flow, they shape and are shaped. With each rush and churn, they guide and are guided. Time and time again, they converge and reconverge.