Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Announces 2025 Headliners for 'Root & Remedy'

BCLF returns Sept. 5–7, 2025, in Brooklyn with a star-studded Caribbean and diaspora lineup under the theme “Root & Remedy.”

BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, August 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival¹ (BCLF) proudly unveils the headliners for its seventh annual celebration of Caribbean storytelling, healing, and cultural resistance. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Little Caribbean, this year's theme, Root & Remedy²: Prescriptions for an Uncertain World, transforms Brooklyn into a Literary Botánica, where stories act as rituals and every voice is a remedy.

The 2025 headliners span generations, disciplines, and diasporas, reflecting the rich multiplicity of Caribbean identity:

– Erphaan Alves (TT) – award-winning soca artist, writer, and cultural innovator
– Jason Allen-Paisant (JA) – T.S. Eliot & Forward Prize-winning poet and scholar
– Rawlston Charles (TT) – legendary calypso/soca producer and Brooklyn cultural icon
– Kei Miller (JA) – acclaimed author of Augustown and Things I Have Withheld
– Cleyvis Natera (DR) – PEN America fellow and author of Neruda on the Park
– Carlos Andrés Gómez (COL) – HBO Def Poetry star and poet-activist
– Lauren Francis-Sharma (TT) – author of 'Til the Well Runs Dry
– Derron Sandy (TT) – National Slam Champion and youth arts leader
– Celeste Mohammed (TT) – award-winning author of Pleasantview and A Different Energy

Together, these headliners embody the essence of Root & Remedy, offering stories that restore, provoke, and reimagine our futures.

Full programming details will be released in the coming weeks. High-resolution headshots, biographies, and media assets are available at www.bklyncbeanlitfest.org.

Marsha Massiah
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
+1 718-926-7295
contact@bklyncbeanlitfest.org

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