The Caribbean Writer publishes its Volume 26 issue,
dedicated to Nature and Ecology
The University of the Virgin Islands continues the celebration of its
50th Anniversary with the release of Volume 26 of its international
literary gem, The Caribbean Writer, a volume dedicated to nature and
overflowing with brilliant writing and art in celebration of the natural
environment.
Volume 26 boasts of literary content which covers a number of genres, to
include poetry, personal essays, short stories, and book reviews and is visually
stunning as well with Cover Art by Amy Laskin from Jamaica, which features a
detailed painting of a croton set into a pristine, verdant landscape. It is a
landscape which is a Caribbean icon.
“We are pleased to continue in the tradition of excellence which both the
University and The Caribbean Writer represent with this new volume of the
journal,” said UVI President David Hall. “It is this spirit of excellence that
has ensured the success and vitality of the journal for so many years.”
This volume of The Caribbean Writer is edited by Tregenza A. Roach, a
local poet and author who has been widely published in the journal and who has
served on the University’s Adjunct Faculty since 1999, teaching courses in
writing, the humanities, and public education law.
“It was really an honor and privilege to have been chosen to edit this
volume,” Roach said, reflecting on the approximate 800 submissions which were
reviewed in order to select the pieces for final publication. Roach thanked the
Journal’s Editorial Board whose members participated actively in the paring down
process and who contributed greatly to this keepsake publication, and Assistant
Editor Quilin Mars for her dedicated service.
The Editorial Board includes UVI faculty members David Gould and Elaine
Warren Jacobs, former faculty member Ruby Simmonds Essanasson, and Edgar O.
Lake, local poet and novelist.
“We are pleased that this volume has drawn such an array of art and
literature from across the Caribbean diaspora—from literally every place where
Caribbean people and their descendants have lived or settled,” Roach added.
The issue also addresses the area of literary criticism, featuring two
special sections, “Ecowomanist Gardens in the New World” by Debbie-Ann Morrison
and “So Who IS a Caribbean Writer and Other Questions,” a section which draws on
the thoughts and opinions of a noteworthy pool of persons who offer their
special insights. The section is edited by The Caribbean Writer’s
Founding Editor Erika J. Waters.
Of the special volume dedicated to nature, Roach said, “We received an
astounding number of selections, a literal outpouring which will appeal to the
various senses, but which also should leave us painfully aware that we are
stewards, each and all, charged with protecting and preserving, limiting the
destruction which so often is left in our wake.”
The Volume is a celebration as well for a number of local writers who will be
published in the Journal either for the first time or who are making repeat
appearances. These include Charlene Matthew and Kate Melone, writing from St.
Croix and David Knight Jr., writing out of St. John. The journal also features
book reviews by local writers to include Lake, Noreen Michael, Valerie Knowles
Combie, S.B. Jones Hendrickson, Clement A. White, and Althea Romeo-Mark.
To order copies of Volume 26, please email Quilin Mars at qmars@live.uvi.edu or orders@thecaribbeanwriter.org.
Orders can also be placed at www.thecaribbeanwriter.org via the
secure server order page.
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