Affiliated with the Graduate Program in Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Literatures at New York University, the journal is especially dedicated to presenting the arts and letters of those communities that have long been under-represented within the creative discourse of the region, among them: Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, Maroon societies, and the Asian and Amerindian societies of the region. Calabash has a strong visual arts component.
The DOI for Journal Volume 5, Issue 1 is 10.33682/02cp-z1au
| Issue Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 2008 | After Chemo | Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl |
| 2008 | All Soul's Daydream | Strongman, Roberto |
| 2008 | The Art of Collaboration: An Interview with Kwame Dawes | Ross, Sassy |
| 2008 | Bioluminescence | Murphy, Yvonne C. |
| 2008 | Book Review: Lorna Goodison and Our Garden of Eden | Calderaro, Michela A. |
| 2008 | Book Review: Paradise Lost … and Found | McLean, Dolace |
| 2008 | Book Review: The River’s Song | Calderaro, Michela A. |
| 2008 | Borscht | Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl |
| 2008 | Brother Jonathan | Lewis, Cordella |
| 2008 | The Cave | Lim, Ann-Margaret |
| 2008 | Childhood | George, Verna |
| 2008 | City of Poetry | Sekou, Lasana M. |
| 2008 | Dancing Words: Illness & The Writing Process | Chancy, Myriam J. A. |
| 2008 | DM5 | Sekou, Lasana M. |
| 2008 | Dorado | Cramer, Steven |
| 2008 | First Lesson (Pressure Position) | Joseph, Janine |
| 2008 | A Fish-Eye Country | Rousseau, Ashley |
| 2008 | Fly Saw Clearly | Carnegie, Veronica |
| 2008 | Forgive Her | St. Fort, Yolaine M. |
| 2008 | Good-bye | Georges, Danielle Legros |
