That's the mission behind Brice-Finch's journal, MaCom re , which published its first issue in 1998. The journal's name reveals much about the thinking behind it. MaCom re is a French Creole term. We wanted the readership to know that we're not only dealing with English, French, Dutch, Spanish, the languages of the academy. The current issue features an interview with Edwidge Danitcat and a book review about the Arawaks of Guyana.
Every submission is reviewed by a scholar who is particularly well-grounded in that language.
Thus far, out of respect for the journal's multicultural subject matter, there is no plan to translate MaCom re into one broad-based language, she says. But the time is right to celebrate the contribution women have made and are making to the culture and literature of the Caribbean.