Episode 413: Dionne Brand – "Islands Vanish" from Nomenclature

This week marks the return to THROWING BOOKS ACROSS THE ROOM!!!! So exciting. Dionne Brand 's "Islands Vanish" really had me feeling all sorts of things. It was a pleasure to read it to you. I extend appreciation to her for "hunting for slave castles with a pencil for explosives." Not many hunt so rigorously. It's shattering. This episode also includes an impassioned Recommendation Corner, a Mini…