Journal of West Indian Literature
@jwilonline.bsky.social
JWIL has been at the forefront of publishing Caribbean writing and criticism since 1986.
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The current issue of JWIL includes 5 book reviews. Check out the most recent issue of of the journal at:
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July 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The current issue of JWIL includes 5 book reviews. Check out the most recent issue of of the journal at:
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
Check out out Kezia Page's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"An people was talking.
How Miss Velma would do dis an seh dat.
How she aisercht dem language and give it back to dem stylish and strong. How she teach dem.
And tears was flowing."
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"An people was talking.
How Miss Velma would do dis an seh dat.
How she aisercht dem language and give it back to dem stylish and strong. How she teach dem.
And tears was flowing."
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Check out out Kezia Page's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"An people was talking.
How Miss Velma would do dis an seh dat.
How she aisercht dem language and give it back to dem stylish and strong. How she teach dem.
And tears was flowing."
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"An people was talking.
How Miss Velma would do dis an seh dat.
How she aisercht dem language and give it back to dem stylish and strong. How she teach dem.
And tears was flowing."
Check out out Ronald Cummings's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"But among the biggest lessons that I learned from Velma (and one of the things I appreciated most about her) was her insistence on appreciating beauty: the beauty of life,"
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"But among the biggest lessons that I learned from Velma (and one of the things I appreciated most about her) was her insistence on appreciating beauty: the beauty of life,"
July 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Check out out Ronald Cummings's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"But among the biggest lessons that I learned from Velma (and one of the things I appreciated most about her) was her insistence on appreciating beauty: the beauty of life,"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"But among the biggest lessons that I learned from Velma (and one of the things I appreciated most about her) was her insistence on appreciating beauty: the beauty of life,"
Check out out Tanya Shirley's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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".. Velma walking out of the room the last time I saw her: back straight, heading for the exit, stopping to look back, a quick scan of the room, then turning and marching on"
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".. Velma walking out of the room the last time I saw her: back straight, heading for the exit, stopping to look back, a quick scan of the room, then turning and marching on"
July 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Check out out Tanya Shirley's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
".. Velma walking out of the room the last time I saw her: back straight, heading for the exit, stopping to look back, a quick scan of the room, then turning and marching on"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
".. Velma walking out of the room the last time I saw her: back straight, heading for the exit, stopping to look back, a quick scan of the room, then turning and marching on"
Check out out Michael A Bucknor's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"Velma, the great teacher, has quietly offered me a pedagogy of care: to show concern for others, to stay in touch, to offer support, to be kind..."
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"Velma, the great teacher, has quietly offered me a pedagogy of care: to show concern for others, to stay in touch, to offer support, to be kind..."
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Check out out Michael A Bucknor's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Velma, the great teacher, has quietly offered me a pedagogy of care: to show concern for others, to stay in touch, to offer support, to be kind..."
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Velma, the great teacher, has quietly offered me a pedagogy of care: to show concern for others, to stay in touch, to offer support, to be kind..."
Check out out Alison Donnell's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"Now that Velma has passed and I will no longer be enriched by the fizz of her in-person energetic brilliance, I am grateful to be able to turn to the volumes she so modestly left"
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"Now that Velma has passed and I will no longer be enriched by the fizz of her in-person energetic brilliance, I am grateful to be able to turn to the volumes she so modestly left"
July 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Check out out Alison Donnell's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"Now that Velma has passed and I will no longer be enriched by the fizz of her in-person energetic brilliance, I am grateful to be able to turn to the volumes she so modestly left"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Now that Velma has passed and I will no longer be enriched by the fizz of her in-person energetic brilliance, I am grateful to be able to turn to the volumes she so modestly left"
Check out out Alecia McKenzie's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"Velma and I saw each other at the Calabash Literary Festival. In 2012, I took photos of her and Linton Kwesi Johnson"
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"Velma and I saw each other at the Calabash Literary Festival. In 2012, I took photos of her and Linton Kwesi Johnson"
July 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Check out out Alecia McKenzie's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"Velma and I saw each other at the Calabash Literary Festival. In 2012, I took photos of her and Linton Kwesi Johnson"
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"Velma and I saw each other at the Calabash Literary Festival. In 2012, I took photos of her and Linton Kwesi Johnson"
Check out out Amina Blackwood-Meeks's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
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"We are inspired by Velma’s work as an explorer of ideas on the issues of nationhood and identity. Her words live on in us"
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"We are inspired by Velma’s work as an explorer of ideas on the issues of nationhood and identity. Her words live on in us"
July 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Check out out Amina Blackwood-Meeks's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"We are inspired by Velma’s work as an explorer of ideas on the issues of nationhood and identity. Her words live on in us"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"We are inspired by Velma’s work as an explorer of ideas on the issues of nationhood and identity. Her words live on in us"
Check out out Evelyn O'Callaghan's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL.
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"Her energy was famous, and her zest for life infectious. I remember dancing along with her and Lixie to Rita Marley’s “One Draw."
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"Her energy was famous, and her zest for life infectious. I remember dancing along with her and Lixie to Rita Marley’s “One Draw."
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Check out out Evelyn O'Callaghan's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL.
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"Her energy was famous, and her zest for life infectious. I remember dancing along with her and Lixie to Rita Marley’s “One Draw."
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Her energy was famous, and her zest for life infectious. I remember dancing along with her and Lixie to Rita Marley’s “One Draw."
Check out out Merle Collins's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL.
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"Velma communicated warmth by the texture of her smile, the tone of her words, her entire manner of being. I thought of her as friend; colleague; sister writer..."
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"Velma communicated warmth by the texture of her smile, the tone of her words, her entire manner of being. I thought of her as friend; colleague; sister writer..."
July 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Check out out Merle Collins's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of JWIL.
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Velma communicated warmth by the texture of her smile, the tone of her words, her entire manner of being. I thought of her as friend; colleague; sister writer..."
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"Velma communicated warmth by the texture of her smile, the tone of her words, her entire manner of being. I thought of her as friend; colleague; sister writer..."
Check out out Joan Anim-Addo's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"We would meet from time to time in London, in Kingston, and, perhaps curiously, in Trento, Italy..."
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"We would meet from time to time in London, in Kingston, and, perhaps curiously, in Trento, Italy..."
July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Check out out Joan Anim-Addo's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"We would meet from time to time in London, in Kingston, and, perhaps curiously, in Trento, Italy..."
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
"We would meet from time to time in London, in Kingston, and, perhaps curiously, in Trento, Italy..."
Check out out Maureen Warner-Lewis's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"No wonder the repercussions of her passing have been felt far and wide, as she was extroverted, generous with intellectual help, and made lifelong friends."
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"No wonder the repercussions of her passing have been felt far and wide, as she was extroverted, generous with intellectual help, and made lifelong friends."
July 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Check out out Maureen Warner-Lewis's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"No wonder the repercussions of her passing have been felt far and wide, as she was extroverted, generous with intellectual help, and made lifelong friends."
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"No wonder the repercussions of her passing have been felt far and wide, as she was extroverted, generous with intellectual help, and made lifelong friends."
Check out out Betty Wilson's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"Apart from her many gifts as poet, writer, scholar, and teacher, Velma was just an amazing human being. I was privileged to call her my friend."
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"Apart from her many gifts as poet, writer, scholar, and teacher, Velma was just an amazing human being. I was privileged to call her my friend."
July 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out out Betty Wilson's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"Apart from her many gifts as poet, writer, scholar, and teacher, Velma was just an amazing human being. I was privileged to call her my friend."
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"Apart from her many gifts as poet, writer, scholar, and teacher, Velma was just an amazing human being. I was privileged to call her my friend."
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out out Jean D'Costa's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"That was what Velma Pollard gave: fresh vision, the certainty of fair, impartial judgement, and equal conviction to give of our best."
Check out out Jean D'Costa's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"That was what Velma Pollard gave: fresh vision, the certainty of fair, impartial judgement, and equal conviction to give of our best."
July 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out out Jean D'Costa's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"That was what Velma Pollard gave: fresh vision, the certainty of fair, impartial judgement, and equal conviction to give of our best."
Check out out Jean D'Costa's tribute to Velma Pollard in the latest issue of the journal
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"That was what Velma Pollard gave: fresh vision, the certainty of fair, impartial judgement, and equal conviction to give of our best."
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025, features two interviews.
Anita Baksh interviews Rajiv Mohabir (@rajivmohabir.bsky.social)
Ronald Cummings interviews Linzey Corridon (@westofwestindian.bsky.social)
Check out these interviews in the most recent issue of JWIL.
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Anita Baksh interviews Rajiv Mohabir (@rajivmohabir.bsky.social)
Ronald Cummings interviews Linzey Corridon (@westofwestindian.bsky.social)
Check out these interviews in the most recent issue of JWIL.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025, features two interviews.
Anita Baksh interviews Rajiv Mohabir (@rajivmohabir.bsky.social)
Ronald Cummings interviews Linzey Corridon (@westofwestindian.bsky.social)
Check out these interviews in the most recent issue of JWIL.
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
Anita Baksh interviews Rajiv Mohabir (@rajivmohabir.bsky.social)
Ronald Cummings interviews Linzey Corridon (@westofwestindian.bsky.social)
Check out these interviews in the most recent issue of JWIL.
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Kris Singh's (@krissingh.bsky.social) essay “Artificial Intelligence, Tyrannies, and Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber" in our most recent issue.
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Check out Kris Singh's (@krissingh.bsky.social) essay “Artificial Intelligence, Tyrannies, and Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber" in our most recent issue.
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July 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Kris Singh's (@krissingh.bsky.social) essay “Artificial Intelligence, Tyrannies, and Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber" in our most recent issue.
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
Check out Kris Singh's (@krissingh.bsky.social) essay “Artificial Intelligence, Tyrannies, and Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber" in our most recent issue.
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Gabriel Cambraia Neiva's essay "Wilson Harris, the Zemi Shaman" in our most recent issue.
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Check out Gabriel Cambraia Neiva's essay "Wilson Harris, the Zemi Shaman" in our most recent issue.
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July 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Gabriel Cambraia Neiva's essay "Wilson Harris, the Zemi Shaman" in our most recent issue.
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Check out Gabriel Cambraia Neiva's essay "Wilson Harris, the Zemi Shaman" in our most recent issue.
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JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Betsy Nies's essay “Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and the Impossibility of Innocence: Representing the Trauma of Childhood Experience in Trinidadian Young-Adult Literature"
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Check out Betsy Nies's essay “Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and the Impossibility of Innocence: Representing the Trauma of Childhood Experience in Trinidadian Young-Adult Literature"
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July 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
JWIL Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2025.
Check out Betsy Nies's essay “Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and the Impossibility of Innocence: Representing the Trauma of Childhood Experience in Trinidadian Young-Adult Literature"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
Check out Betsy Nies's essay “Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and the Impossibility of Innocence: Representing the Trauma of Childhood Experience in Trinidadian Young-Adult Literature"
www.jwilonline.org/current-issue/
Velma Pollard pictured at the West Indian Literature Conference, circa 1984 in conversation with Evelyn O'Callaghan and Betty Wilson. This image was published as part of an essay on the history of the West Indian literature conference in JWIL 31.1.
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Velma Pollard pictured at the West Indian Literature Conference, circa 1984 in conversation with Evelyn O'Callaghan and Betty Wilson. This image was published as part of an essay on the history of the West Indian literature conference in JWIL 31.1.