The Shape of That Hurt (Peepal Tree), a groundbreaking collection of essays by the eminent literary scholar Gordon Rohlehr, has been returned to print nearly three decades after its original publication, now part of the Peepal Tree Press Caribbean Modern Classics series. Taking its title from a poem by the late Jamaican writer Anthony McNeill, the book offers “deep questioning of the conjunction between politics and aesthetics,” examining writers ranging from Martin Carter and George Lamming to Kamau Brathwaite, alongside a crucial essay on how soca lyricists responded to T&T’s 1990 attempted coup.