Kamille D. Whittaker
[Podcast] Writing Home: American Voices From The Caribbean
Small Axe editorial committee member Tami Navarro and archipelagos editor Kaiama L. Glover co-host Writing Home, a weekly podcast about...
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Kamille D. Whittaker
Jun 13, 20201 min read
Excerpt: "A Little Patch of Something"
By Imani Perry Excerpted from The Paris Review I’m growing microgreens. Every couple of weeks they are sufficiently lush to be snipped...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jan 26, 20201 min read
Derek Walcott: Love After Love and Poetry as Prayer
Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Dec 29, 20191 min read
Recipe + Ritual: Haitian Soup Joumou
Soup Joumou, also known as the Haitian Independence Soup, is a hearty pumpkin (or squash) soup that is traditionally served on January 1...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Dec 1, 20190 min read
Kamille D. Whittaker
Sep 6, 20191 min read
Before.
The first text I dashed off to my mom and brother right before I walked in to the Goombay Festival for Junkanoo was "I am Bahamian now."...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jun 23, 20190 min read
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Natural Wonder: Three Days of Wellness in Aruba
Aruba is rugged and vibrant – decadent in some places and quiet when it needs to be. There’s the healing sun, sand and sea and there’s...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Oct 15, 20184 min read
Wellness Retreats: Moving in the Direction of Healing
Lately, I've been burning some incense that I was gifted by the ila spa in Antigua … I still carry with me the words my therapist spoke...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Sep 18, 20182 min read
Try This: How Grenada's Spice Market Inspired My 'Turmeric Salve' Concoction
One of my main objectives when I visited the "Spice Island" of Grenada was to return with a haul of seasonings and spices. At Grenada's...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Final Day in Barbados: Bussa's Rebellion
Very early in the text “Intellectual Warfare” the late Jacob Carruthers wrote about how Jamaican-born Dutty Boukman made his way to Haiti...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Day Two in Barbados: Oistins Everyday
No, it wasn't Friday night, but yes, we were "liming" at Oistins, on a Thursday while the sun was high. The selection: Fried Flying Fish...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jul 11, 20181 min read
Day One: Beautiful Barbados
Regrettably, I didn't take many (any?) pictures of the Barbados countryside and towns when I visited seven years ago. So, I have had to...
Kamille D. Whittaker
Jul 9, 20182 min read
Recipe: Sofrito + Arroz Con Pollo
Ever since my travels to the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, and my frequenting of Atlanta's best Colombian food restaurant (Las...
Kamille D. Whittaker
May 13, 20182 min read
Notes on "Going Home"
I grew up between parched Southern Cali suburbs and maternal and paternal immediate and extended family in Jamaica. I was exposed to...
Kamille D. Whittaker
May 13, 20183 min read
"Up Country": Bois Content, Jamaica
"Oh, let's go back to the start." We are, and have always been, on African time. The practice of mourning infused with the celebration of...
Kamille D. Whittaker
May 6, 20183 min read
Set Apart In St. Barth
There are some travels that change you. Some change the way you measure time, space, even distance. Others recalibrate your senses,...
Kamille D. Whittaker
May 6, 20183 min read
GoldenEye: "The Peace And The Drama"
My mother’s family hails from Bois Content, Jamaica in the hills north of Old Harbour Bay, on the South Coast of the island. My father...
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