<p>Toronto writer Pamela Mordecai is a well-known voice in poetry of the Caribbean diaspora. She has long been a popular anthologist, a mentor to other writers, a frequent contributor to literary journals, and a vital link between the literary worlds of Canada and Jamaica; <i>Certifiable<\/i> presents a maturing vision of women’s lives in both of her homes. <i>Certifiable<\/i> celebrates experience shot through with affection, family attachment, and madness.<\/p><p>The poems in the first section, \u00ab\u00a0Just a Likl Loving,\u00a0\u00bb explore the truths hidden beneath the ideal of love: love as comfort, love as currency, love as deathtrap. \u00ab\u00a0Sister Sequence\u00a0\u00bb embraces the fullness of sisterhood, from the conceptual \u00ab\u00a0sister muse\u00a0\u00bb as a power in the world to the ambivalent love among flesh-and-blood sisters. \u00ab\u00a0Certifiable,\u00a0\u00bb the final section, springs from intimacy with little and big madnesses.<\/p><p>The rhythms and rhymes of the creole soundscape crackle through <i>Certifiable<\/i>. Mordecai’s deft hand wordplay flows through and beyond standard English and the Creole continuum to reveal the characters in <i>Certifiable<\/i> and record their experiences.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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