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illusion/elusion
My mother had a knack for writing things down. Quotes. Thoughts. Phrases. Words. Figures. She wrote her memories. Penned her grouses. Recorded by writing the wrongs people had done her, in the same way she put the dreams she had on paper when she awoke. She put her aspirations up on the walls to see.…
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The Podcast
Welcome, listeners and viewers, to the She and I Show where my mother (Stephanie) and I (Natalia) are going to discuss our opinions on a topic and then never return to it again…I mean maybe we will, you never know. Our first topic: Jamaican Voices Real and/or Imagined – The Freedom to Create and be…
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The Archive
List of Caribbean/International Creative Writing Competitions (Now & Then) Non-Restrictive Writing Competitions (Past & Present) Deadline Competition Link Status February 15, 2022 Caribbean Magazine Plus (CMP) Short Story Contest http://www.caribmagplus.com/short-story-contest-eligibility-rules/ Closed May 25, 2022 Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) competition https://www.birdscaribbean.org/2022/04/calling-all-caribbean-nationals-we-are-hosting-a-story-poetry-competition/ Closed September 24, 2022 Booksie 2022 Short Story Competition https://theplazaprizes.com/competition/sudden-fiction/ Closed November 1, 2022 Commonwealth Short…
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A Story Rewritten
by Natalia Downer Below – and how it pains me so – I have attached a short story that I had begun writing for the PSCCA Short Story competition, only to later read the fine print and realize that, in order to actually have a chance of winning at all – not by my craft…
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Godforsaken Globalization
By Natalia Downer “Create and Celebrate or be Cast Aside?” – Godforsaken Globalization Photo by Ravi Kant: https://www.pexels.com/photo/word-define-on-spelling-dictionary-page-5929346/ There is a conversation going around concerning the issue of the modernization of cultures – which came as a result of globalization – destroying tradition. One source specifically tackles this conversation, paying close attention to novels written…
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The Purpose
By Natalia Downer “Create and Celebrate or be Cast Aside?” – an Introduction There is a very unfortunate misunderstanding – as I like to put it – that is tangled in the meaning of ‘Jamaican’. It is a misunderstanding that has been uprooting the individuality of each and every Jamaican, devaluing/ undermining the individual experience.…
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Research Presentation – Natalia D.
Check out my Research presentation below where I analyze the digital platforms utilized by @MadisynBrown and @rachelwrites on YouTube.
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Flashing Lights
By Kandice Thompson The heaviness of the solid block of glass felt fragile, cradled in my palm, when I gingerly plucked it from its black dais. My damp finger smudges barely discernible to the naked eye as I clumsily maneuvered the weight closer for inspection. A glass paperweight is a thing to marvel at, beauty…
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Spurned
By Kandice Thompson That night in the backseat of your car, I pushed my head in between the front seats as if that would make you hear me. You screamed at us, me mostly, in the same language you spurned. My throat worked painfully as I swallowed dry, working up the nerve but conscious of…
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