The Muscovies have broken off into two tribes. The semi-wild pond family that loses all its eggs and babies to predators (so far) and the locked- under-deck family that doesn’t want to leave, and so far, raises their babies in safety.
Martha Cinader speaks with Opal Palmer Adisa in Jamaica, author of Pretty Like Jamaica, published by Caribbean Reads.
Martha also speaks with author Chavisa Woods, Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes in New York City.
Tony Robles reads poetry from Issue 16 of A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine.
fresh with still-wet hair
spit on my pubescent idea
of fair, a wad on my head
to add to my dread
that he might lash out
about a girl as wrong
as a protest song
We talked about how the role of provider has changed in Jamaica, gender violence, Jamaican National language and English in the schools, choosing to live in Jamaica, and her plans for at least ten more children's books...
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