Maureen Boyer: Daily Revolution

Check out “Daily Revolution” below by Maureen Boyer–posted originally in 2011. I love that post! You’ll get to read more of Maureen Boyer soon in One Moore Book’s Haiti Series. One Moore Book will release a series of children’s books by six Haitian authors: Cybille St. Aude, Maureen Boyer, Edwidge Danticat, Michele Jessica Fievre, Katia …

Dark Days in Port-au-Prince: AkashicBooks Serial Noir

(The following post is an excerpt from Akashic Books’ Website). To celebrate the release of Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Edwidge Danticat, we asked contributors from both of our Haiti Noir volumes to participate in an exquisite corpse style story—a serial story in which each participant builds off of what the previous participants have …

Akashic Books’ Johnny Temple & “Haiti’s Wonderful Literary Tradition”

Akashic Books’  Haiti Noir is now in French. The collection offers short fiction by Yanick Lahens, M. J. Fievre, Madison Smartt Bell, Edwidge Danticat, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Josaphat-Robert Large, Katia D. Ulysse, Marie Ketsia Pharel, and others.  Now that Haiti Noir has received a second life, I wanted to ask Akashic Books’ publisher, Johnny Temple, a few questions. Here’s how our Q&A went: Who …

Haïti Noir is Now in French (Written By Radiotelevisioncaraibe.com)

Recueil de nouvelles présenté par Edwidge Danticat : Flamboyance et Déchirures! Ami Lecteur, Toi qui a remarqué récemment que l’on parlait médiatiquement du passage douloureux de « Sandy » à New-York, en oubliant ses ravages directs en Haïti, il t’appartient de lire d’urgence ce livre, absolument remarquable et magnifié. Tous les auteurs, réunis par Edwidge Danticat sont Haïtiens, qu’ils vivent …