"This is as free as this country gets": The Jamaican literary festival born out of jeopardy
For the festival that has nurtured the impressive contemporary Jamaican literary scene, this year was a celebration of regeneration after Hurricane Beryl.
When the hurricane hit the small Jamaican village of Treasure Beach, on Jamaica’s south coast, in July 2024, Joseph Alvesto Brown was trying to cook ackee and saltfish, with white rice and dumplings. He was up at his restaurant and bar Joseph’s Hideaway, having a peaceful moment to himself.
He wasn’t scared of weather warnings. As a teenage…
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