[This is the final piece in a series entitled "Dispatches from Exuma." The series, which had its start in Exuma, is an attempt to more clearly set out a "new politics"  to which this column is dedicated.

This new politics is characterized by critical thought, inclusion and a particular concern for the value of life. What a critical politics and a politics of inclusion entail are elaborated in the previous articles in this series, and this final piece will articulate what I call a "politics of life."] On December 10th, 2011 the Nassau Guardian reported the discovery of a partially decomposed body hanging from a tree outside of Moss Town, Exuma.

We would later learn that the body was that of Garrison Pyfrom...