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    Black Cake, Food and Diaspora
    Charm's Pen
    • Feb 14
    • 1 min

    Black Cake, Food and Diaspora

    When a family member texted me about a recipe for rum pudding, which many Caribbeans call black cake, it started me thinking. I scribbled...
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    FlashFlood 2020!
    Charm's Pen
    • May 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    FlashFlood 2020!

    Delighted to be a reader for the FlashFlood online journal of stories which will go live on National Flash Fiction Day, Saturday, 6 June....
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