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Black Cat Vol. 04 No. 01 October 1898, The by Various

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. The first issue of Volume 4 sported the following stories: > The Lost Jurisdiction, by Ellis Meredith: witness a spectacular • Read More »


Red and the Black, The by Stendhal (1783 – 1842)

It is a brave author indeed who gives his hero as many flaws as Stendhal bestows upon young Julien Sorel, an ambitious young carpenter’s son turned priest who secretly models his behaviour after the heroics of Napoleon, in an era when the great man had only recently died at St Helena, and French society has • Read More »




Cómo «Black Cake» caribeño puede ayudar a la región a superar su traumático pasado

«Las estructuras eurocéntricas que invocaban un sistema de racialización no desaparecen porque decidamos que no existen» Foto de Black Cake, postre navideño tradicional caribeño, tomada de la receta Guyanese Black Cake de la abuela Irma en 2020, utilizada con autorización. Por Patriann Smith El 15 de noviembre, la magnate de los medios afroamericana Oprah Winfrey • Read More »


How Caribbean ‘Black Cake’ can help the region transcend its traumatic past

‘Eurocentric structures that invoked a system of racialisation do not disappear because we decide they do not exist’ Originally published on Global Voices Photo of Black Cake, a traditional Caribbean Christmas dessert, taken from Grandma Irma’s Guyanese Black Cake recipe in 2020, used with permission. By Patriann Smith On November 15, Black American media magnate • Read More »