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• Whitewashing Star Trek: Into Darkness.

  
  I wouldn’t say that I’m a trekkie, but I’ve watched every episode of Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and all the movies in the franchise. In fact, I’ve been waiting anxiously for the release of Star Trek: Into Darkness. That is,  until I read this well-written article at racebending.com about the [...]
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• Regional Winners: 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize

  
  
  
  The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the regional winners for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Representing Africa, Asia, Canada & Europe, Caribbean, and the Pacific regions, these writers will now compete to become the overall winner, to be announced at Hay Festival [...]
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• Small Axe Literary Competition 2013

  
  
  The Small Axe Literary Competition encourages the production and publication of Caribbean fiction and poetry. The competition focuses on poetry and short stories from emerging writers whose work centers on regional and diasporic Caribbean themes and concerns. This competition is part of the Small Axe Project's ongoing commitment to Caribbean [...]
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• Haitian Heritage Week 2013

  
  
  
  Miami Dade College’s (MDC) North Campus and the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center promises to take you on a journey to the beautiful island of Haiti, the Pearl of the Antilles during Haitian Heritage Week 2013.
  It is our distinct honor and pleasure to invite you to our 2013 [...]
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• The Burt Award for Caribbean Literature (23-8-2013) | Commonwealth Writers

  
  
  An exciting global initiative in Young Adult literature is coming to the Caribbean. Established by CODE with the support of Canadian philanthropist William (Bill) Burt and the Literary Prizes Foundation, in partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest, the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature was launched on April 27, 2013, at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Port [...]
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• The Burt Award for Caribbean Literature (23-8-2013) | Commonwealth Writers

  
  
  An exciting global initiative in Young Adult literature is coming to the Caribbean. Established by CODE with the support of Canadian philanthropist William (Bill) Burt and the Literary Prizes Foundation, in partnership with the Bocas Lit Fest, the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature was launched on April 27, 2013, at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Port [...]
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• “Marcus Garvey: Angel of Black Success”

  
  
   “Marcus Garvey: Angel of Black Success”  By  Geoffrey Philp*
  In the early 1900s, one of the unfortunate outcomes of the fratricidal battle between the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which was founded by Marcus Garvey, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was founded by W.E.B. DuBois, [...]
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• The Four Tribes of Anglophone Caribbean Literature

  
  
  There's an old saying about your children keeping you young, and for the past week, I've seen the wisdom of that adage. My children love comics and frequently send me links to interesting stories about superhero movies or TED talks. One TED talk that caught my attention was Scott McCloud' [...]
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• A Magpie's Wisdom

  
  "You gather your insights like a magpie." Dennis Scott.
  When Dennis first said this to me, I was stung. I'd always thought of myself as having an overarching philosophy that I'd applied to my life and work. But as the years have gone by, I've begun to see the truth in his' [...]
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• A Magpie's Wisdom

  
  "You gather your insights like a magpie." Dennis Scott.
  When Dennis first said this to me, I was stung. I'd always thought of myself as having an overarching philosophy that I'd applied to my life and work. But as the years have gone by, I've begun to see the truth in his' [...]
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