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Hey Reader

Hope you had a good long holiday weekend. Now that we’re fully into July and summer vibes, I’m sharing a peek at what’s on my current listening and reading list:

• The Gift of Rejection by Nona Jones (audio/kindle)
• Show Your Ask by Joyel Crawford (audio/kindle)
• Paradise Once by Olive Senior (physical book)
• Honeysuckle & Bone (audiobook)
• Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall (audio, ebook pending— I should've finished listening to the book but the narration is not good. So on the waiting list for an ebook from the library.)
• Lovers Rock: Seven Jamaican Love Stories – Audible Original

If anyone’s up for reading something together, let me know—I’d love to start a casual summer buddy read.

(ICYMI: I often list “audio/kindle” because I love listening and reading simultaneously, especially for nonfiction—I annotate a lot.)

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Proud Moment

I’m so excited to share that I contributed a chapter to a newly released book:
​Diversifying the Space of Podcasting: Access, Identity, and Reflective Practices.​

In Chapter 11 – “Caribbean Podcasters: Diverse Representation and Forging Contemporary Cultural Unity”, Alexandria Miller and I dive into how Caribbean creators are not just showing up in podcasting—but reshaping it.

I know I tie everything to CDEM but this moment DOES tie directly into Lens 3 of the Caribbean Diaspora Experience Model (CDEM): Cultural Anchors Keep Us Rooted. I've been podcasting for over 10 years, seen how the industry has grown and changed; observed the shows from Caribbean creators which has led me to this - Podcasting, like literature, has become a modern anchor—preserving memory, shaping identity, and connecting generations through sound.

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Let me know what you’re reading this summer.

Until next time...

Walk good,
Kerry-Ann
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Carry On Friends + Breadfruit Media