sx salon
@sxsalon.bsky.social
Digital forum for innovative critical and creative explorations of Caribbean literature, broadly defined; a Small Axe literary platform
http://smallaxe.net/sxsalon | Instagram: @sx_salon
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sx salon 50 is now live! Our fiftieth issue features interviews and dialogues between scholars, writers, and artists followed by poetry and prose that honor Danielle Legros Georges. Read more on the latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
OPEN CALL: sx salon is seeking writing (scholarly, creative, and otherwise) that reflects on the ruinous effects of climate change on the Caribbean. More information can be found here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/subm...
We look forward to reading your work!
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We look forward to reading your work!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
OPEN CALL: sx salon is seeking writing (scholarly, creative, and otherwise) that reflects on the ruinous effects of climate change on the Caribbean. More information can be found here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/subm...
We look forward to reading your work!
📸 Matias Delacroix/AP
We look forward to reading your work!
📸 Matias Delacroix/AP
“May we be so honored to meet you again, in that place where stories rest.”
@omegadenyse.bsky.social's poem, “Keen Eyes”, pays homage to the care, expertise, and wisdom of Danielle Legros Georges. Read the poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
@omegadenyse.bsky.social's poem, “Keen Eyes”, pays homage to the care, expertise, and wisdom of Danielle Legros Georges. Read the poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“May we be so honored to meet you again, in that place where stories rest.”
@omegadenyse.bsky.social's poem, “Keen Eyes”, pays homage to the care, expertise, and wisdom of Danielle Legros Georges. Read the poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
@omegadenyse.bsky.social's poem, “Keen Eyes”, pays homage to the care, expertise, and wisdom of Danielle Legros Georges. Read the poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
In “Heal a Population Still Reeling from… Enslavement and Violence”, @websdercorneille.bsky.social and @evanauguste.bsky.social discuss Dr. Louis Mars’s impact on ethnopsychiatry and recognize his work in mental health-related fields. Read their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In “Heal a Population Still Reeling from… Enslavement and Violence”, @websdercorneille.bsky.social and @evanauguste.bsky.social discuss Dr. Louis Mars’s impact on ethnopsychiatry and recognize his work in mental health-related fields. Read their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
"maybe absence is the certain / apotheosis of presence”
Connected by their shared Caribbean bilingual culture, John Robert Lee celebrates the life and talent of Danielle Legros Georges in "Maman". Read the poem cycle here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
Connected by their shared Caribbean bilingual culture, John Robert Lee celebrates the life and talent of Danielle Legros Georges in "Maman". Read the poem cycle here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"maybe absence is the certain / apotheosis of presence”
Connected by their shared Caribbean bilingual culture, John Robert Lee celebrates the life and talent of Danielle Legros Georges in "Maman". Read the poem cycle here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
Connected by their shared Caribbean bilingual culture, John Robert Lee celebrates the life and talent of Danielle Legros Georges in "Maman". Read the poem cycle here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
“In architecture, you have to be precise […] And I think I carry that precision of thought into the poetry.”
Shrinagar Francis interviews Trinidadian architect and poet, Fawzia Muradali Kane in “A River Most Foul”. Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Shrinagar Francis interviews Trinidadian architect and poet, Fawzia Muradali Kane in “A River Most Foul”. Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
A River Most Foul
I was the coward. The others were calm. They knew what they had to do. Our cousin Zen was there, she had done this before. Zen is a happy person. She made us giggle in the waiting room, while the fune...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“In architecture, you have to be precise […] And I think I carry that precision of thought into the poetry.”
Shrinagar Francis interviews Trinidadian architect and poet, Fawzia Muradali Kane in “A River Most Foul”. Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Shrinagar Francis interviews Trinidadian architect and poet, Fawzia Muradali Kane in “A River Most Foul”. Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
“there are pages we write that smell of nothing / but back home.”
In “water children”, Morgan Christie reflects on Danielle Legros Georges’s mentorship and their connections to Haiti and the Caribbean. Read Christie's poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
In “water children”, Morgan Christie reflects on Danielle Legros Georges’s mentorship and their connections to Haiti and the Caribbean. Read Christie's poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“there are pages we write that smell of nothing / but back home.”
In “water children”, Morgan Christie reflects on Danielle Legros Georges’s mentorship and their connections to Haiti and the Caribbean. Read Christie's poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
In “water children”, Morgan Christie reflects on Danielle Legros Georges’s mentorship and their connections to Haiti and the Caribbean. Read Christie's poem in its entirety here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
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The award-winning journal Small Axe focuses on publishing critical work that examines the ideas that guided the formation of Caribbean modernities. Issue 78 is now available, read it online: buff.ly/xTwnWC6
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November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The award-winning journal Small Axe focuses on publishing critical work that examines the ideas that guided the formation of Caribbean modernities. Issue 78 is now available, read it online: buff.ly/xTwnWC6
Learn more, sign up for issue alerts, and subscribe: buff.ly/3yk2Wny
Learn more, sign up for issue alerts, and subscribe: buff.ly/3yk2Wny
“Decolonization involves ensuring our children are raised on Caribbean literature.”
In this interview, @amilcarsanatan.bsky.social and Marsha Massiah discuss the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, the diaspora, and hope. Read more on their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
In this interview, @amilcarsanatan.bsky.social and Marsha Massiah discuss the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, the diaspora, and hope. Read more on their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“Decolonization involves ensuring our children are raised on Caribbean literature.”
In this interview, @amilcarsanatan.bsky.social and Marsha Massiah discuss the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, the diaspora, and hope. Read more on their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
In this interview, @amilcarsanatan.bsky.social and Marsha Massiah discuss the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, the diaspora, and hope. Read more on their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
“I prefer the waves when they are dancing Dinki Mini with the sun”
In her poem, “Learning to Swim”, @kgapoetwriter.bsky.social reflects on building self-confidence through writing. Read her poem here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
In her poem, “Learning to Swim”, @kgapoetwriter.bsky.social reflects on building self-confidence through writing. Read her poem here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“I prefer the waves when they are dancing Dinki Mini with the sun”
In her poem, “Learning to Swim”, @kgapoetwriter.bsky.social reflects on building self-confidence through writing. Read her poem here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
In her poem, “Learning to Swim”, @kgapoetwriter.bsky.social reflects on building self-confidence through writing. Read her poem here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/poet...
“Here, we center us.” In this dialogue, Rachel Mordecai (current editor) and Kelly Baker Josephs (former editor) discuss sx salon at 50 issues, its transitions, archiving, pushing boundaries, and hope. Read their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Here, we center us.” In this dialogue, Rachel Mordecai (current editor) and Kelly Baker Josephs (former editor) discuss sx salon at 50 issues, its transitions, archiving, pushing boundaries, and hope. Read their conversation here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
sx salon 50 is now live! Our fiftieth issue features interviews and dialogues between scholars, writers, and artists followed by poetry and prose that honor Danielle Legros Georges. Read more on the latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
sx salon 50 is now live! Our fiftieth issue features interviews and dialogues between scholars, writers, and artists followed by poetry and prose that honor Danielle Legros Georges. Read more on the latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
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Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows. The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows
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November 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows. The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
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Natural Disasters and Puerto Rican Art as Resistance to Colonialism: Responses to Hurricane María in Latinx Talk.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Natural Disasters and Puerto Rican Art as Resistance to Colonialism: Responses to Hurricane María in Latinx Talk.
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
latinxtalk.org/2025/11/13/t...
With great pleasure, the Small Axe Project welcomes Simone A. James Alexander to the sx salon editorial team, taking over the role of Book Reviews Editor from Ronald Cummings.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
With great pleasure, the Small Axe Project welcomes Simone A. James Alexander to the sx salon editorial team, taking over the role of Book Reviews Editor from Ronald Cummings.
Celebrating Makeda Silvera, Stephanie Martin, and 40 Years of Sister Vision.
September 25, 2025.
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario.
Register here: sistervision.carrd.co
September 25, 2025.
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario.
Register here: sistervision.carrd.co
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Celebrating Makeda Silvera, Stephanie Martin, and 40 Years of Sister Vision.
September 25, 2025.
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario.
Register here: sistervision.carrd.co
September 25, 2025.
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario.
Register here: sistervision.carrd.co
Congratulations to SX Salon's Creative Editor, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, on his newest publication entitled Algarabía.
Algarabía follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf.
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Algarabía follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf.
www.graywolfpress.org/books/algara...
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congratulations to SX Salon's Creative Editor, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, on his newest publication entitled Algarabía.
Algarabía follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf.
www.graywolfpress.org/books/algara...
Algarabía follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf.
www.graywolfpress.org/books/algara...
The second annual Olive Lewin Distinguished Lecture will take place on September 11, 2025.
September 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The second annual Olive Lewin Distinguished Lecture will take place on September 11, 2025.
Read poems by John Robert Lee and Amílcar Peter Sanatan in sx salon 49. Both writers dedicate pieces to the Jamaican poet, fiction-writer, essayist, and memoirist, Lorna Goodison.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Read poems by John Robert Lee and Amílcar Peter Sanatan in sx salon 49. Both writers dedicate pieces to the Jamaican poet, fiction-writer, essayist, and memoirist, Lorna Goodison.
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
In our latest issue of sx salon, Fabian M. Thomas reflects on his connections to Lorna Goodison and her work.
Read his full contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read his full contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Miss Lorna an Me
here love and possibilitywithin a lit heart, shining out. — Lorna Goodison, “I Shall Light a Candle to Understanding in Thine Heart Which Shall Not Be Put Out”
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August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In our latest issue of sx salon, Fabian M. Thomas reflects on his connections to Lorna Goodison and her work.
Read his full contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read his full contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
For sx salon 49, Essah Cozett Díaz writes about women's agency and the influence of mothers in Lorna Goodison's poetry collection, I am Becoming My Mother.
Read Díaz critical contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read Díaz critical contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
August 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
For sx salon 49, Essah Cozett Díaz writes about women's agency and the influence of mothers in Lorna Goodison's poetry collection, I am Becoming My Mother.
Read Díaz critical contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read Díaz critical contribution here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Kellie Magnus interviews Lorna Goodison for sx salon 49. Goodison, Jamaica's second post-independence poet laureate, reflects on her tenure and shares insights into the value of poetry and the poet laureate program.
Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
“What You Love Will Save You”
In 2017, Lorna Goodison became Jamaica’s second postindependence poet laureate, following the role’s revival with the installation of Mervyn Morris in 2014. In her three-year tenure, Goodison maintain...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Kellie Magnus interviews Lorna Goodison for sx salon 49. Goodison, Jamaica's second post-independence poet laureate, reflects on her tenure and shares insights into the value of poetry and the poet laureate program.
Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Read the full interview here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
In our recently released sx salon 49, Elizabeth Coggeshall offers critical insights into Lorna Goodison's intertextual engagement with the poetry of Dante Alighieri.
Read Coggeshall's full essay here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read Coggeshall's full essay here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
August 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In our recently released sx salon 49, Elizabeth Coggeshall offers critical insights into Lorna Goodison's intertextual engagement with the poetry of Dante Alighieri.
Read Coggeshall's full essay here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Read Coggeshall's full essay here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...
Shannon Chen See reviews Yashika Graham's debut poetry collection. Read the full review in sx salon 49: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...
August 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Shannon Chen See reviews Yashika Graham's debut poetry collection. Read the full review in sx salon 49: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...
Announcing the publication of sx salon 49, an issue celebrating the work of Jamaican poet, fiction-writer, essayist, and memoirist Lorna Goodison.
Read more from our latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
Read more from our latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Announcing the publication of sx salon 49, an issue celebrating the work of Jamaican poet, fiction-writer, essayist, and memoirist Lorna Goodison.
Read more from our latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...
Read more from our latest issue here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/issu...