
Dale writes historical fiction and short stories about family and the cultures that shape it, alongside poems, craft essays, and the occasional lighter piece.
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A month ago, I informed you of my decision to end the serialization of Up From Mountains, enabling the novel’s completion free from the pressure of a publishing schedule. A month in, I’ve realized that change needs to go one step further....
First ripe mango!
Welcome back to Mango Wars!
If you haven’t read my previous post on the Mango Wars, you may want to read this first: Mango Wars: Birds, squirrels, iguanas, and one man who will not share.
Here’s an update from the Mango...
Man shall not live on bread alone…but maybe on mango? I would like that. But maybe not, as I also believe that the fruit of the tree of good and evil in the Garden of Eden was not an apple, nor any other fruit. It was a mango!
That must be...
June is Caribbean Heritage Month, which also includes Read Caribbean Month, an initiative conceived by Cindy Allman (aka Book of Cinz). Read Caribbean creates awareness of the rich literary heritage of Caribbean literature, spotlighting boo...
Some of you may have noticed that the serialized chapters of Up From Mountains have been removed from this Substack. I wanted to explain why and to share what’s coming next.
As I mentioned a few posts back, I’m retiring from teaching in ea...
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Dale Mahfood is the author of When Trees Fall, the first in a series of Caribbean novels. He also founded Wood and Water and Hill and Dale here on Substack.
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