Jacinth Howard originally hails from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Her love for literature outlasted school awards, driving her to pursue it at the tertiary level. Jacinth holds a degree in Literatures in English with Education and a PhD in the same field. Her critical work focuses on speculative fiction and has been featured in the Journal of West Indian Literature and the Science Fiction Research Association Review. She also writes prose, poetry and drama. Her prose has been featured in Intersect’s activist publication, she has workshopped poetry with the CALLALOO journal and in 2021 won second place in the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award competition. She deeply loves teaching and divides her time between Cave Hill and Beyond The Box Education. She lives in Barbados with her husband and young son.
Jacinth Howard
Kita viciously yanked her disposable mask off as she crossed the parking lot, scouting for her sister. She turned her face skyward, wincing momentarily as the pointed rays of the blazing sun poked her in the eyes. Place hot until.