New Book Features Work Of Two Bermudians
A newly published book titled New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean features work from two Bermudians, including Damion Wilson and Elizabeth Jones.
The book’s page at the Peepal Tree Press website says, “Damion Wilson is a software developer, martial artist, and former bicycle racer living and working in sunny [mostly] Bermuda. Now accompanied by a wonderful wife and two beautiful daughters, he writes using themes gleaned from the world of technology, from experiences teased from the lives of those who’ve touched him, and from his own life.
“Born in 1950, Elizabeth J. Jones moved to Bermuda from the UK in 1973 and became a freelance writer, editor and tutor after teaching English at a high school and at the Bermuda College. She has written numerous articles for magazines, newspapers and guide books about all aspects of Bermuda, including its wildlife, history, culture and people.
“Her commissioned published books include Bermuda Recollections, an anthology of oral history; Bermuda’s Famous Talbot Brothers, a biography of a Bermudian calypso band; Bermuda Post Office Bicentennial 1812-2012, a history; and Fair Play, a biography of Bermudian former senator and FIFA referee, Charlie Marshall.
“Her short story “Breathing Space” was included in I Wish I Could Tell You: Bermuda Anthology of Children’s Literature and Young Adult Stories edited by Lynn Joseph and a short memoir, “Pink” in Take This Journey With Me: Bermuda Anthology of Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction edited by Rachel Manley.”
The book’s synopsis says, “Do not be misled by the ‘speculative’ in the title. Although there may be robots and fantastical creatures, these common symbols are tools to frame the familiar from fresh perspectives.
“Here you will find the recent past and ongoing present of government and society with curfews, crime and corruption; the universal themes of family with parents and children, growth and death, love and hate; the struggle to thrive when power is capricious and revenge too bittersweet. Here too is the passage of everything – old ways, places, peoples, and ourselves – leaving nothing behind but memories, histories, stories.
“This anthology speaks to the fragility of our Caribbean home, but reminds the reader that although home may be vulnerable, it is also beautifully resilient. The voice of our literature declares that in spite of disasters, this people and this place shall not be wholly destroyed.
“Read for delight, then read for depth, and you will not be disappointed.
“Edited by Karen Lord, with stories by Tammi-Browne Bannister, Summer Edward, Portia Subran, Brandon O’Brien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Richard B. Lynch, Elizabeth J. Jones, Damion Wilson, Brian Franklin, Ararimeh Aiyejina and H.K. Williams.”
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