OurShelves: Caribbean voices with Sharma Taylor

<p>In this special bonus summer episode Sharma Taylor, author of <em>What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You</em>, takes us to the heated demi-monde of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1980s, a turbulent time in politics and gangland crime. She tells Lucy Scholes about writing in patois; the Caribbean authors right now who are representing the strength of women in society; and what her mother sacrificed to buy her books as a child.</p><br><p><strong>On the nightstand: </strong><em>The Bread the Devil Knead </em>by Lisa Allen-Agostini</p><p><strong>On my mind: </strong>The podcasts <a href="https://www.unstoppableyesyou.com/podcast-caribbean-conversations/episode/3e6fa056/scholastic-novelist-shakirah-bourne-on-embracing-her-dialect" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unstoppable Yes You</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-8-how-the-one-armed-sister-sweeps-her-home/id1598720414?i=1000548480037" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Cocoa Pod</a> </p><p><strong>On the shelf: </strong><em>This One Sky Day</em> by Leone Ross</p><p><strong>On the pedestal: </strong>My mother.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>