Sonnets for Anthony Joseph

 

In Gaza or My Li'l House

By Linda M. Deane and Brian Franklin

In Memoriam: Hubert Lawrence (1960-2024)

 

ARTSETC NOTES with sadness the passing of Jamaican journalist, sportscaster and author Hubert Lawrence.

A popular and respected figure in the sporting world in Jamaica and regionally, Hubert died suddenly on Friday, February 23, aged 63. His passing sparked much outpouring of shock, disbelief and sorrow on social media among those who knew or worked with him.

In Memoriam: Sonia Suzette Williams

“Everything that happens in the universe has an impact on who I am, how I live, and what I write: thought, word, deed. Everything I think, I write, I speak has an impact on the world; like the tide of the sea beats upon the shore, shaping the space.” — Sonia Suzette Williams, literary and theatre artist and educator (January 17, 1967-January 6, 2024); Green Readings, Barbados, June 2013

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KAREN AUSTIN: IN MEMORIAM

ArtsEtc notes with sadness the passing of Karen Elaine Austin, former managing director of Days Books. 

Karen, who was born in Manchester, England to Barbadian parents, died in June, aged 60, after a prolonged battle with cancer. 

20 in 20 (plus one to grow on)

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2001 • I leave the newspaper I was working at with a baby in my belly, a plan in my head and a rough blueprint in my hand. I call my co-conspirator, Robert Edison Sandiford (who had already left the newspaper), and a few weeks later we convene a session of like-minded souls to see how a newsletter called ArtsEtc might get off the ground. We meet at my home (chowing down on a mean chow mein and some fried flying fish to fuel the flood of ideas) and again, later, in a back room at Queen’s Park Gallery.

In Golden Square: A Photo Essay

Barbadian poet and performer Winston Farrell has been hosting poetry pop-ups in Golden Square, Bridgetown, throughout 2022. Linda M. Deane, who took part in February, offers this alternate take on the popular literary event. Photos by S. Devonish. (Click the photos and scroll using the arrows.)

Voting for Real: The Weight and Measure of an X

What's the worth of an X?  A woman's vote?  A man's life?  Our better world?  Illustration Copyright © 2022 by Linda M. Deane.

 

I HAVE BEEN mulling over this blog since the morning of January 19. I am still mulling over it, and most likely still will be even as you read it.

I physically started writing as tanks and troops amassed along Russia’s border with Ukraine.

By my second draft, Russia had invaded. Vladimir vs Volodymyr; clown vs comedian; one set of people vs another, very similar-looking set of people. With a weary, wary world looking on.

Tek de brute down—Barbados’ Nelson must fall, and how

At last!  Bajans seem up for the takedown of the statue of Lord Nelson.  Photo of ArtsEtc Editor Linda M. Deane pointing the way copyright © 2020 by Izora Devonish.

 

What black mothers go through every George Floyd time

Our Global Spring: ArtsEtc Editor Linda M. Deane (right) and her children, Andy and Izora, march in Bridgetown June 13, 2020, for what matters.  Since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers May 25, 2020, many worldwide have been protesting against social and economic injustice.  Photo Copyright © 2020 by Sharon Hurley Hall.

 

THERE ISN'T MUCH that lures my son from his FIFA games and Call of Duty. Mealtimes, a real-life game of football, or training (when he went to training.) That’s pretty much it. Until May 25.

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