The Mother Island (Self-Published) by Jacinth Howard the debut collection of poems from the Vincentian academic and researcher, explores the Caribbean woman’s psyche through writing steeped in nature, history, identity, and family. The book’s four sections — “Hurricane Season”, “Wenchcraft”, “Animal Tales and Outings”, and “Paradise” — position the speakers of these poems in direct or subliminal contact with quintessentially Caribbean forces of life, spirituality, and power. Drawing on ancestral ties to the islands that predate colonial settlement, The Mother Island frankly addresses systemic inequalities, the resonances of which are still felt in modern society. Howard will present the book at the 40th Marché de la Poésie, June 2023, in Paris.