Myriam J. A. Chancy

René Johannes Kooiker focuses on the magazine Watapana, which published poetry, criticism, fiction, and translations from the Dutch Caribbean between 1968 and 1972, and hosted debates about the politics of language in the Papiamento- and Dutch-speaking islands.

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300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence. For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

Thank you, Bee 🥰

Chair of the 2025 OCM Bocas Nonfiction Prize Judges, Denise deCaires Narain, introduces the winning title in that category, Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social

deCaires Narain says the book has become part of her life, calling it a work of "remarkable fluency"

@tinhouse.bsky.social

Heralding her as a "master weaver", Erna Brodber, Chief Judge, announces the winner of the 2025 OCM Prize for Caribbean Literature, Village Weavers
by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social

#OCMBocasPrize #bocas2025 @tinhouse.bsky.social

A beautiful moment 🧡

🏆 Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! 🏆

She has won the 15th annual award for her book, Village Weavers (@tinhouse.bsky.social)

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💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social !

Winner of the 🏆2025 OCM Bocas Literary Prize for Best Caribbean Book of the past year!

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#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with @myriamjachancy.bsky.social, Wendell Berkley Semple, @justinhayneswriter.com, and more!
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#alwayscominghome

Electric Lit Submissions call: Personal Narrative WINDOW EXTENDED! Personal narrative essays of 2000 - 6500 words. Open through 5/4 (original date of 4/27 is slashed through) or until 750 cap is reached. More info on EL's Submittable page

Personal Narrative's submission window is extended! You now have until 5/4 to submit your longform personal narrative essays. Submit: buff.ly/VDL6a2k

FRIENDS - we're raising money for @hopeforhaiti.bsky.social today! Come hang out while we raise money for a good cause! ❤️

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Village Weavers Check out Village Weavers - In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their ...

Happy Independent Bookstore Day. Support indies any change you get! You can pre-order the Village Weavers paperback from Bookshop, they are offering a discount and free shipping. bookshop.org/p/books/vill...

Join us at the 2025 Awards Ceremony! Be there for the exciting moment when the overall winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is announced, and witness the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award being presented to the @jwilonline.bsky.social! Doors open at 6 pm!
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🌻Coming next week in paperback!🌻

Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social!

The Winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction!

🌻Read more & preorder: bit.ly/VillageWeave...

cc: @bocaslitfest.bsky.social

May is going to be lit 🔥

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There Is No Such Thing as a Good Book: On “The Art of Libromancy” - Public Books "I do not think bookselling is an art. I think it is a job."

"I get the sense that 'bookseller' is Josh Cook’s dream job. It is for a lot of people; it’s an easy job to romanticize. For myself, I do not dream of labor."

Revisiting this excellent essay, "There's No Such Thing as a Good Book," in Public Books: www.publicbooks.org/there-is-no-...

Beginning in 1940s Port-au-Prince, ranging across decades and continents, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social's Village Weavers by — winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction — explores connections and disconnections across lines of class and family.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
@tinhouse.bsky.social

Hello & thank you Bocas, Trinidad & Tobago for recognizing _Village Weavers_!
I will be seeing you soon!

Congrats @beequammie.bsky.social !! 🥰🥰

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Thank you 😊

Three authors compete for 2025 OCM Bocas Prize • Bocas Lit Fest Books by already celebrated authors from Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti have won the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction categories of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize

Congrats @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! www.bocaslitfest.com/2025/04/06/t...

💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social!

Winner 🏆2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Fiction!

#bocas2025 #bocaslitfest

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Why immigration lawyers warn you might want to bring a burner phone if you're going to the U.S. | CBC News Amid stories of travellers facing hurdles or even being detained at the U.S. border, some immigration lawyers say Canadians should expect extra questioning, have plenty of documents on hand and even c...

"U.S. customs officials can look through a mobile phone, check comments made on social media and look through a laptop, she said. They can also take devices or download all of their contents, she added."

Why would anyone travel to this country? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

It was so lovely meeting @myriamjachancy.bsky.social at #AWP25 😁💛

Get her latest, Village Weavers, out now! Family drama, estranging secrets, Haitian dictator.

And preorder How To Be Unmothered: a Trinidadian memoir. Family drama, estranging secrets, Trinidadian abuse of power

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Loved meeting you, too, Camille!! Looking forward to your book! 🥰

AWP is around the corner, LA! Here's what I will be up to:

@awpwriter.bsky.social’s conference in LA too. & while i’ve always talked there of poetics & politics of art-making, excited to moderate panels on the more pragmatic aspects of writing this year with a fab group of peers incldg @myriamjachancy.bsky.social & @writemadhushree.bsky.social. join us! 🤎👇🏾