Publications
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The history and legacy of Caribana must be preserved (2023). Globe and Mail, August 4 2023.
“At present there are no Caribana archives, no proper records, no serious scholarly books or anthologies of fiction on the subject; we have no Carnival Arts Centre, nor do we have a definitive documentary film or even a solid published economic study on the financial contributions the festival has brought to the city and the province for over five decades.”
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"Mercury Retrograde" and "The Evolution of Pescadore" (2001). In Mercury Retrograde and Other Stories by Women. Ed. Camille Hernández-Ramdwar. Toronto: Sister Vision Press.
The Evolution of Pescadore. Two ex-lovers, two irreconcilable realms, the end of existence as we know it.
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The Elusive and Illusionary: Identifying of Me, Not By Me (2001). In Talking About Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity and Language. Eds. C. James and A. Shadd. Toronto: Between the Lines.
Pigeonholing. Check a box. Erasure. Denial. Convenience. Assumption. Superficiality. Dissonance. Accusation.
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Soma (2000). In Whispers From the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction, Ed. Nalo Hopkinson.
Shortlisted for the Otherwise Award, Soma is a “powerful story about fitting in, about body image, and about how physical appearance influences what others think about a woman’s personality and sexuality”.
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"The Blood Is Strong (A Bi-Dialectical Existence)." (1997).In "...but where are you really from?": Stories of Identity and Assimilation in Canada. Ed. Hazelle Palmer. Toronto: Sister Vision Press.
“I am legally, technically, semi-culturally, ‘naturally’ a Canadian, but for all the years I’ve been in Canada I have never once felt ‘at home.’
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Ms. Edge Innate (1994). In Miscegenation Blues (1994). Ed. Carol Camper. Toronto: Sister Vision Press.
“Do you know who I am? I’m the one you can’t leave alone. The one who puzzles you, intrigues you. I am the original definition of ‘exotic’. Acceptable in many ways, the cafe au lait of life, more palatable because I am diluted. Not as offensive, not as threatening - you think. Certainly not as obvious. But hard to ignore.”