"Afro-Cubans did not observe the island becoming fish; we feel it go under, and that we go with it. Could submergence be it? A claim to Indigeneity for those who hold their breath? Could the lungs bloated with CO2 be it?" Read Pablo D. Herrera Veitia's piece here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

Afro-Cubans did not observe the island becoming fish; we feel it go under, and that we go with it. Could submergence be it? A claim to Indigeneity for those who hold their breath? Could the lungs bloated with CO2 be it? Read Pablo D. Herrera Veitia's piece here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

"Like a visual palimpsest, or an afterimage, the familiar patterned wall gaps of my childhood felt as though they had been following me—from my origins in the Caribbean—everywhere I went for most of my life." Read Alissa Roach's piece here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

"Such is the nature of ancestors and their communication. Sometimes it is not until we are fully submerged that we see them clearly, that they reveal themselves on the page, in the notebook or in the paper." Read Jordan Barrant's piece here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

In this issue of sx salon, Zeus Sumra reviews Loca by Alejandro Heredia. Read Sumra's review here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

In this issue of sx salon, Renee Latchman reviews Watch Out for Falling Iguanas by Edwidge Danticat. Read Latchman's review here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

In this issue of sx salon, Randi Gray Kristensen reviews Paradise Once by Oliver Senior. Read Kristensen's review here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

Ide Amari Thompson shares two poems in this issue of sx salon: “Breath of These Islands”; and “The Griot Speaks a Hymn to the Wild Deep”. Read their poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

Joan Cambridge-Mayfield and Jeremy Jacob Peretz share three poems in this issue of sx salon: “Church Rat Hymn / chuch-rat him”; “Geo- Trench / jii-oo- chrench”; “Seed Bullet / siid bolit”. Read their poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

Jasmine Tutum shares three poems in this issue of sx salon: "Shi Stay"; "Coward of the Country"; and "City Psalm". Read Tutum's poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

sx salon presents our 52nd issue: Caribbean Ecologies As Caribbean nations continue to endure the ruinous effects of the climate crisis, this special section asks what it means to create, remember, and preserve the environments dear to us. Read the latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...

Kiskadee Watch launched on 14 June 2026 “with the intent [...] to provide the public with the news that it needs on a daily basis and to serve as a watchdog for accountability in all parts of society.” We invite you to check it out! Link 🔗 kiskadeewatch.com

We had a great time at SALALM and ACURIL last week! See you next year!

Congratulations to Lauren Derby, who received the Caribbean Studies Association Gordon K and Sybil Lewis Book Award for "Bêtes Noires: Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands." buff.ly/82H2Iev buff.ly/YtVqeZy

Registration is now open!!!!!

sx salon is seeking submissions for our next issue. We invite essays, interviews, book reviews, prose, and poetry related to Caribbean literary studies. For more information on submission guidelines, visit smallaxe.net/sxsalon/subm... Deadline: July 1, 2026

For more from the dLOC Handbook Series, see dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/dloc-handboo...

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Hot off the press! Check out our newest dLOC handbook, co-authored by @chancyms.bsky.social & @katielcoldiron.bsky.social! dloc.com/AA00115422/0...

SX 79 features a discussion of @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social ‘s book “The Petro-state Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago.” The essays are available through @dukepress.bsky.social; link 🔗 smallaxe.net/sx/issues/79 !

The latest dLOC Newsletter is finally here! Check the links below to read it in English, Spanish, or French! English: www.canva.com/design/DAHDe... Español: www.canva.com/design/DAHFK... Français: www.canva.com/design/DAGyZ...

Elizabeth Shanaz shares three poems in this issue of sx salon: "What Harlequin Should Have Showed Me"; "Directions for Making Love to Kes"; and "Bilingual Adjacent". Read Shanaz's poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

In "Song for Gordon", Dr. Kenneth Ramchand reflects on his intellectual friendship with Gordon Rohlehr meditating on their work and open-air conversations together. Read his reflection here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

In “Rethinking Epistemologies of Modernity and Migration in Black Studies”, Oliver Ortega reviews “Borders, Human Itineraries, and All Our Relation” (2024) which features Dele Adeyemo, Natalie Diaz, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, and Rinaldo Walcott. Read Ortega’s review here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

Dr. Leslie R. James salutes Gordon Rohlehr whose work “refracted the soul of our Caribbean world”. In it, Dr. James reflects on Rohlehr’s enduring contributions to the study of form across Caribbean literature and history. Read “Salute to Bookman Gordon Rohlehr” here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

30 years of Small Axe! Over the years, we have had the opportunity to collaborate with many talented artists for our journal covers: here are some examples! The rest of our covers can be found on our website, 🔗smallaxe.net, and the pieces can be accessed through @dukepress.bsky.social

Juleus Ghunta—Chevening Scholar, poet, and editor—shares four poems in this issue of sx salon: “Nothing Softer Could Form on My Tongue”; “The Altar of Mother Worship”; “Gramoxone”; and “Geographies of Joy”. Read Ghunta’s poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

In “Correspondences and Epitaphs”, John Robert Lee reflects on the decades-long exchange between Gordon Rohlehr and Kamau Brathwaite in Rohlehr’s "A Literary Friendship" (2024) while recalling his own relationship with both writers. Read Lee’s reflection here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

In this issue of sx salon, Dr. Maja Horn reviews “Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence and Connection in Haiti and the Dominican Republic” (2024) by Sophie Maríñez. Read the review here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...

In “Gordon: The Doorway, the Crossroads”, Anu Lakhan honours Gordon Rohlehr as teacher, mentor, and intellectual guide whose work opened the door to analyzing calypso and soca as literature. Read Lakhan’s piece here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

In this issue of sx salon, we are thrilled to publish the poems of Soleida Ríos—Cuban poet, prose writer, and cultural promoter—accompanied with translations by Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Barbara Jamison, and Ezequiel Zaidenwerg-Dib. Read Ríos’s poetry here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...

ANNOUNCEMENT 📢‼️ The Small Axe Journal is getting a new section. Named “Notes, Commentary and Reflections,” this section will feature pieces that address urgent contemporary issues in the Caribbean. Submissions can be uploaded to our submissions portal on our website, 🔗 smallaxe.net