Elektrik

“The Caribbean depicted in this anthology is one envisioned and defined by its authors, carrying with it a bright future simply through the act of feminine production.…For the women highlighted in this collection, the act of writing is one of critical defiance that gives voice to voiceless women and, further, engages in the creation of a redefined Caribbean femininity that defies patriarchal or colonial coercion.…Elektrik is translation operating as good translation should: as a megaphone for writers who might otherwise remain unheard in the Western canon. To answer Jean-Gilles’ question, the poetry and stories within Elektrik give space for Caribbean women to define, to ‘shore up,’ the borders of their own world.”
—Barrelhouse

“These extraordinary translations of Caribbean voices surge with defiance and music. Each ‘I’ asserts itself among the topography of memory and inhabiting, navigating the presence of the past within homelands and female bodies…radical and reclamatory.”
—Alina Stefanescu

“The latest volume in the brilliant Calico Series honors and highlights Caribbean identity, life and writing with these powerfully evocative pieces by women from Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe.”
—Ms. Magazine

“By turns cryptic and revealing, phantasmagorical and straightforward, these tales balance reality and fantasy on the edge of a knife.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review of That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction

“Unbelievably exciting…These are poems to read and reread, repeating the lines as though they were a secret between yourself and the page.”
—The Paris Review on Home: New Arabic Poems

“Essential, a gift that opens up the pleasures of new worlds.”
—Hugh Raffles on Elemental: Earth Stories

“This eclectic bilingual anthology from queer Brazilian writers, both living and dead, is as expansive and full of life as the country itself…enticing and poignant.”
—Publishers Weekly on Cuíer: Queer Brazil

“Visible approaches translation as an act that occurs not only between languages but also between media and disciplines…Thoughtfully curated…Past and present come together in a refreshingly collaborative spirit.”
—Brooklyn Rail on Visible

“An absorbing sampler of the literary feast available in Africa’s most widely spoken language, No Edges should leave readers eager to discover more Swahili writers.”
—Shailja Patel, author of Migritude, on No Edges

Additional Materials

• Elektrik: Caribbean Writing Reader’s Guide
• Request an Exam or Desk Copy