BCLF Always LIT is a podcast by the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival is the first literary festival dedicated to Caribbean literature in New York City. In ‘Always LIT’ you’ll hear vibrant conversations about Caribbean storytelling and Caribbean writing from iconic and emergent Caribbean writers, poets and creatives. In addition, you can enjoy recordings of live BCLF events.
In this episode, Andre Baggoo (award-winning poet, writer: Pitch Lake, The Undiscovered Country) chats with P Djeli Clarke Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark about his novel "A Master of Djinn" which is part of the Dead Djinn Universe collection of stories.
Set in Clark's...
Published 07/07/21
Frankie is beset by hard choices and loss on every side. His love interest philosophises “yu corner dark” and it is true. He’s a young man caught between a rock and a hard place: between fealty to the things and people who matter most to him and his larger-than-life desires for himself. At times,...
Published 06/23/21
In Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass, this quiet gem of an island becomes the scene of a pretty intense set of issues between multiple relationships, estranged teenage first-loves, Grammy award winning superstars and a gorgeous boutique family-owned hotel on the cusp of some major...
Published 06/09/21