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How to Love a Jamaican
How to Love a Jamaican
Alexia Arthurs
How to Love a Jamaican is a collection of short stories exploring love, family, migration, and the complexities of Jamaican identity. Moving between Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, Alexia Arthurs portrays characters navigating the tensions between cultural heritage and the desire for a different life. Her stories follow young people confronting sexuality and social expectations, immigrants struggling to belong in unfamiliar places, and families negotiating the emotional distance created by migration. Through intimate relationships and everyday encounters, Arthurs examines how race, class, religion, and national identity shape the ways people understand themselves and one another. Blending humor, tenderness, and emotional honesty, the collection offers a nuanced portrait of Jamaican life across borders, revealing the complicated meanings of home, belonging, and love.
Jamaica 2018