I spoke with Graham Norton about the themes in and inspiration behind Sweetness in the Skin, and then his book clubbers…book clubbed it! On The Graham Norton Book Club, which you can listen to by clicking on the image, or wherever you get your podcasts!
“I know that Jamaica is a beach vacation for most of the world and it is truly an amazing one. But we are more than just a beach for tourists to lay on. Jamaica has a rich history and culture, and we’ve made incredible contributions to the world.”
I wrote an article for Electric Literature about my island home as more than just a tourist hotspot, and recommend seven books by Jamaican authors that take you beyond the beach and show you who we really are.
“I remember trying to figure out who people wanted me to be, and contorting myself into knots trying to give them what they wanted.”
I share my inspiration for Sweetness in the Skin, what I love/hate most about being an author, and which books i’m excited to read next on on author interview with Black Fiction Addiction!
“I don’t think it’s about doing anything “right” or “wrong.” What helped me, and what were the only things I could control, were: 1) always, always, always wriiting. There’s a reason it’s called a writing practice; and 2) finding community.”
Writer’s Digest May/June issue: ‘Breaking In’
Debut Authors: How they did it, what they learned, and how you can do it, too. Read it here.
I chat with Yvonne Battle-Felton about home, food and family – and read three excerpts from Sweetness in the Skin – on the Bookable Space Literary Salon Podcast.(Click the image to listen. Also available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!)
I had a great chat with Samia Aziz on The Diverse Bookshelf podcast about race, class, and Jamaica’s legacy of colonialism. Listen here on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!
Phase Eight Clothing chose Sweetness in the Skin as their June Book Club read (just in time for #ReadCaribbean Month)! I gave them an interview about finding and feeling my emotions, my changed relationship with Jamaican language, and which octopus I’m dying to be friends with. You can read it here!
Had a wonderful chat with BGC Bookclub about all things Sweetness in the Skin
I spoke with the Page Turners Bookclub about how colonialism shows up in Jamaican families and why I have such compassion for Paulette
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