Yearly Archives: 2017

“The Poetry and Pain of the Caribbean” book review by Amy Wilentz

[This is the on-line version of a book review of the travel book Island People by Joshua Jelly-Shapiro published in the Sunday Outlook section of the Washington Post under the title of this post. [I received a copy for Christmas. It’s … [Read more]

An Example of How Small Islands Face Special Problems

from the Bermuda Royal Gazette <http://www.royalgazette.com/international-business/article/20170103/other-small-islands-face-debt-struggles-too> Other small islands face debt struggles too Raymond Hainey Published Jan 3, 2017 at 8:00 am (Updated Jan 3, 2017 at 1:00 am)   The UK Crown Dependency of Jersey is facing a massive … [Read more]