Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond

Shortlisted, 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Nonfiction

Exposes the global threat of environmental catastrophe and the forms of erasure that structure Caribbean women’s lives in the overlooked nation of Guyana

Previously ranked among the hemisphere’s poorest countries, Guyana is becoming a global leader in per capita oil production, a shift which promises to profoundly transform the nation. This sea change presents a unique opportunity to dissect both the environmental impacts ...