Kamille D. WhittakerAug 14, 20181 minExcerpt: Time, and Other MattersA gorgeous excerpt from John Edgar Wideman's "Art of Story," in The New Yorker "Stories are graves. Empty. Nothing there. All living and...
Kamille D. WhittakerJul 13, 20181 minFinal Day in Barbados: Bussa's RebellionVery early in the text “Intellectual Warfare” the late Jacob Carruthers wrote about how Jamaican-born Dutty Boukman made his way to Haiti...
Kamille D. WhittakerJun 11, 20181 minExcerpts on Language"Anytime people of different languages are trying to communicate, they'll create a Lingua Franca, or Pigeon language. Now, when a...
Kamille D. WhittakerMay 13, 20182 minNotes on "Going Home"I grew up between parched Southern Cali suburbs and maternal and paternal immediate and extended family in Jamaica. I was exposed to...