ACROSS WATERS, ACROSS GENERATIONS: CARIBBEAN BECOMING – FICTION

Join us as we discuss how Caribbean identity evolves across generations and geographies. Ryan Bachoo’s An Unending Search is a moving tale of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation in 1970s South Trinidad. Following Tar, a teenager laboring in the cane fields under the guidance of his wise Uncle Sundar, the novel confronts racism, classism, and poverty while capturing a powerful journey of hope, ambition, and identity as Tar dreams of life beyond the island. Edwidge Danticat’s Watch Out for Falling Iguanas begins with young Leila setting off for school on a rare chilly day in Miami. As her day is filled with curious encounters – roaming peacocks, chickens crossing the road – Leila can’t stop thinking about her grandmother’s warning to watch out for falling iguanas, and begins an unexpected adventure to discover why these tropical creatures fall from trees during cold fronts. And Dwight Thompson’s My Own Dear People follows Nyjah Messado, who, as a teenager in Montego Bay, Jamaica, witnesses a brutal assault by some of the boys in his circle of friends but does nothing to stop it. And as he comes of age and tries to come to terms with his own place in multiple worlds, he remains haunted by the guilt of his inaction. Moderated by author and journalist Anjanette Delgado.

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Buy An Unending Search – Bachoo

Buy Watch Out for Falling Iguanas – Danticat

Buy My Own Dear People – Thompson