A Different Energy conceptualized and published by our very own Words Matter Communications is the newest release that stands as a testament to the enduring wisdom and strength of Caribbean women in the Oil & Gas Industry. Authored by Celeste Mohammed, it sounds a call for a more diverse, inclusive and equitable development of one of the world’s most male-dominated domains: the oil and gas industry.
Over the last decade, as global energy has become hyper-focused on the Southern Caribbean, the role and opinions of local women have too often been overlooked. In this compelling, first-of-its-kind book, award-winning lawyer-turnedwriter Celeste Mohammed remedies that omission.
In powerful, eye-opening portraits of eight Trini, Surinamese and Guyanese women who are employed in the Caribbean oil and gas industry, Mohammed uses a range of styles to keep the gender conversation refreshingly candid, often humorous, and always thought-provoking. With a voice both earnest and confiding, intellectual and intimate, this book’s commentary and analysis extract from the women’s stories lessons for any woman seeking to defy odds, shatter stereotypes, and forge paths in a business culture which underestimates her.
A Different Energy is published by Words Matter Communications and is aimed at amplifying the underrepresented voice of women in the Caribbean Oil & Gas Industry.
Led by Deborah Benjamin, Words Matter Communications is committed to helping Caribbean women surmount the challenges posed by gender discrimination. As a member of the United Nations Global Compact, the company champions sustainability principles and supports UN goals.
Reviews:
“Sobering and illuminating. A must-read for anyone wondering where the women are in oil and where they could be.”- Myriam J.A. Chancy, author of Harvesting Haiti: Reflections on Unnatural Disasters
“A brilliant and necessary book that deftly crisscrosses between academia, essay, storytelling and journalism.”- Ira Mathur, 2023 Winner of the Bocas Prize for Literature (Non-Fiction), author of Love the Dark Days
“This book should be required reading in women’s studies classes.”- Cindy House, author of Mother Noise: A Memoir
Celeste Mohammed is a Trinidadian lawyer-turnedwriter and the author of “Pleasantview”(Ig, Jacaranda, 2021; Ouida, 2022) which won the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the UK Society of Authors McKitterick rize for Fiction. Celeste holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Her short stories have won numerous awards including a 2018 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize. A Different Energy is Celeste’s Non-Fiction debut.
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