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Pamela Mordecai

@refracting.bsky.social

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Mother, grandma, writer of poetry, long and short fiction, code-switcher (Patwa and "standard" English), lover of languages, earthling, Jesus-lover, peacemaker, fond of orchids and all blooming things, Yardie from a truly fierce green place...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please come to the launch of TWO DAYS IN MAYARO at Wilfrid Laurier University on October 6th at seven o'clock. And tell your friends. Nuff funny stories! Remember to RSVP...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Poetry by Heart is a poetry speaking competition for schools & colleges [and]...a website for teaching and learning about poetry. See poetrybyheart.com/about Registration, participation and competition entry are available to schools and colleges in England, and in many other countries worldwide. 2/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Grandma's House" is on tour, encouraging children to find their voices by performing poems. See it on YouTube in many versions including these; www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwUx... www.youtube.com/shorts/xCgpN... It's now part of Poetry By Heart's competition pack poetrybyheart.com/poems/grandm... 1/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Please come to the 51st Turban Secret Reading at Barrett and Welsh, 577 Kingston Road, #301. Featured writers are: Pamela Mordecai, George Elliott Clarke, Mayank Bhatt (ate TTSR co-founder), Rabindranath Maharaj and Gavin Barrett, Tartan Turban Secret Readings co-founder. And tell folks... Thanks!

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's this... Long but I don't know how to write it otherwise...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cover of Pam's new book of short stories, TWO DAYS IN MAYARO. Refers to Substack post at CanLit, CaribLit, WomanTongue 10.6.26

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Ernie Smith (nicknamed Ernie after Ernie Ranglin) died 2 days ago. Met him as a yout—wasn't too much older miself! He was a honestly-himself person then and he stayed so even when he got famous. A fab singer-songwriter and great human being! Miss you Ernie. Condolences to your family and loved ones.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

So now The Big Cover Reveal! The red ball, still there, is symbolic; the bird's still there too. The palette, rich and resonant speaks to all the tales: haunting (as in duppy-story) and hilarious, soulful and sad, fanciful and frightening. TWO DAYS IN MAYARO out from @gooselane.bsky.social in fall.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

So back to the drawing board again, this time for a cover with an image that relates to the cover story, "Two Days in Mayaro," which tells in part about a red ball that floats in to the protagonist's family as they play on the beach there...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

So, back to the drawing board. Cover two was this one, a burst of hibiscus beauty...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Before the big cover reveal for TWO DAYS IN MAYARO, my short story collection coming out this fall, the story of how it came about. It started with Trochilus polytmus, Jamaica's national bird, as seen here...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Sorry for dis very late notice. Still, join three Caribbean playwrights on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as they talk about their plays—just for a likl bit! Please repost... Thank you!

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