After Irma, After Maria: Caribbean Women Writing the Storms

AFTER IRMA, AFTER MARIA: CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITING THE STORMS – Modern Caribbean literature captures not just the endemic mismanagement of natural resources and public projects, but also the enduring chasm between promises of progress through major infrastructures and the outcomes of natural disasters for average citizens. In this panel, three Caribbean writers reflect on the devastation from Hurricanes Irma and Maria to many Caribbean islandTs whose economies rely on tourism; they pay considerable attention to the Caribbean bodies caught in the crosscurrents of a catastrophic natural history. With Edwidge Danticat (Haiti), Loretta Collins Klobah (Puerto Rico), and Tiphanie Yanique (Virgin Islands). Find the full schedule at https://mjfievre.com/readcaribbean-2018/