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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In our latest subscriber exclusive, @jallenpaisant.bsky.social speaks to Tallulah Brennan about the poetic impulses of the Caribbean, vernacular intimacy with plants, and soil as an emblem of life & death steady.page/en/caughtbyt... Author photo: Ferrante Ferrante

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Little Green Books @littlegreenbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The Possibility of Tenderness by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social is a Jamaican memoir of plants & dreams, a stunningly written book combining the author's personal story of migration and natural history in an immersive tale of land, environment, and the world of plants. Buy here: buff.ly/hBOJv5m 💙📚

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Catch me soon in Brooklyn, if you’re nearby! I am so looking forward to this event—my first bookshop reading in the US. And my books being published in North America for the 1st time!!🚀

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Listening to two masters of language here! @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and Kimberly Campanello launching Kimberly’s book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE Having seen her performing poetry over the years, I’m delighted to finally speak to her for the Rippling Pages this week!

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Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just finished The Possibility of Tenderness by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and now cannot wait to interview him at @deershed.bsky.social next month. Enriching, enlightening, enraging, beauty on every page, absolutely magnificent. 🌺

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Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

"A one-sided relationship is developing quite well between you and me." @jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs Wisława Szymborska's "The Silence of Plants" in the seventh film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social. www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-si...

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Jason Allen-Paisant reads "The Silence of Plants" by Wisława Szymborska

A one-sided relationship is developing quite well

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Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Listen there is nothing as exhilarating as the feeling of life coming into you" @jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs his poem "Right Now I'm Standing" in the third film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social. www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/right-...

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Jason Allen-Paisant reads "Right Now I'm Standing"

Right now I’m standing beneath what used to be

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with: @jallenpaisant.bsky.social, Erna Brodber, Lawrence Scott, Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Lovelace at 90 film screenings; and more! Full album: facebook.com/media/set?va... #alwayscominghome

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

In their writings about rural Jamaica — its people, landscapes, and overlooked histories — @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and #ErnaBrodber show how personal and communal stories are shaped by, but also help shape, bigger narratives. #bocas2025 #alwayscominghome #caribbeanwriters #caribbeanstories

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Registration is open! Designed for budding, emerging, and established writers, workshops focused on craft have been staples of our annual literary festival, and this year there are four! www.bocaslitfest.com/programme/wo... @jallenpaisant.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social #bocas2025 #alwayscominghome

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Fellow White folks, get this as an audio book, to have @jallenpaisant.bsky.social's voice in your ear when you look at the world. Listen and learn to see. With the general threat to knowledge from the evil clowns that rule this world, learning lies in the communities we can create.

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing (in any genre) to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-... #bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Truly proud (and still a little stunned!) to be the subject of today’s OBSERVER Books Interview. Huge thanks for the space and the care. lnkd.in/eWqGvHHw Tomorrow, I’ll be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to speak about the book. Tune in!

A full page interview in the observers book section on the writer Jason Allen-Paisant and his literary non-fiction book The Possibility of Tenderness

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Elfreda, so happy that you’re reading this. I hope you enjoy it.

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is officially published today. A gift to myself, and hopefully, to you. May it fly, may it soar. So much love for my people who showed up and showed out—and to the new connections and fellowships this book is bringing into my life. 1/2

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Heading into the nation’s capital. Look at me casually going to launch my book in London tonight though!…This latest one is partly about my wild journey… People, I’m all fired up and I’m ready.💥💥💥 #ThePossibilityofTenderness

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

LONDON fam (and nearby), don’t sleep on this one!: The London launch of THE POSSIBILITY of TENDERNESS is Thursday 29th March. Get your tickets here: brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This weekend only: Get THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS for 25% off at Waterstones!

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Some of the incredible endorsements my publishers have received for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS. 🌟🌟🌟 From Coffee Grove, Jamaica to bookshelves near you, THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is out soon 🛒 www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Announced events for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS. 📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey. 🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...) 📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks. 🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...) Hope to see you there!

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Repost @HutchHeinemann ‘We are thrilled to unveil the cover of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by @jallenpaisant, a captivating journey where the world of plants and the echoes of history come together to create a story of land, dreams and belonging.’ Pre-order: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It’s going to print soon, I’m told. The audiobook recording is done! #ThePossibilityofTenderness

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Good to have had the opportunity at the LRB Bookshop to discuss Aimé Césaire’s RETURN TO MY NATIVE LAND, which I edited and introduced in the Penguin Modern Classics series. I was in conversation with Colin Grant.

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jason allen-paisant @jallenpaisant.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Greetings! I’m Jason Allen-Paisant. My writing explores the intersections of history, heritage, & aesthetics in the African diaspora, & how our bodies, memories, and environments interweave to form pathways for liberation, escape, & renewal. Out in March—my new book THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.

Book cover of The Possibility of Tenderness by Jason Allen-Paisant. The design features a silhouette of a man standing on a tree stump surrounded by vibrant plants and flowers with colorful roots extending beneath. The subtitle reads 'A Jamaican memoir of plants and dreams’.

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