TYR: Ode to My Grandfather
The tallest tales were yours.
The man who would put his hand
In the mouth of a wolf, even if it meant
He’d lose it there; he’d take that chance.
Jacinth Browne-Howard is a Vincentian-Barbadian researcher. She holds a PhD in Literatures in English from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, where she teaches. Her research interests include speculative fiction and Caribbean women’s writing. Her poetry collection The Mother Island won 2nd place in the 2021 Frank Collymore Literary Endowment competition and was showcased as part of the UNESCO Transcultura Poetry delegation, 40e Marché de la Poésie, in Paris. Her fiction has appeared in Bim, Intersect and other publications. Her scholarly work appears in journals and anthologies, including JWIL and the Routledge Handbook of Co-futurisms. She is currently the writer-in-residence at Intersect ANU.