For Volume 06, Forgotten Lands has chosen to center around what Cuban historical novelist, critical essayist, and short story writer Antonio Bentez-Rojo once termed the supersyncretic culture of the Caribbean – a rich tapestry of ever-evolving interwoven traditions and expressions.

Although syncretism emerges from the violent colonial histories and uprootedness of the Caribbean, each island-nation conjures different ways of expressing, coping, managing, and healing the fractures of conquest. Nonetheless, there still is a Pan-Caribbean identity that is perpetually evolving. This leads us to ask what defines the Neo-Carib? What does our cultural identity look like today and where is it going?

Cover: Bony Ramirez

First edition of 1000 copies, softcover

Featuring

Amara King, Dr. Ashley James, Bony Ramirez, Cdrine Scheidig, Devin Osorio, Djali Brown-Cepeda, Frdric Georges, Eliazar Ortiz, Janice Reid, Jard Lerebours, Julianny Ariza Vlquez, Karla Claudio, Louisa Marajo, Mackenzie Erica Luke, Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa, Milo Matthieu, Rachel Scott, Ricardo Ariel Toribio, Simon Benjamin, Suzanna Missenberger, Terrell Villiers, Torrijo Galeano, Vanessa Selk, Zulile Blinker