Tag: hector duarte Jr.

Sponsored by the Green Family Foundation.

After more than two centuries of political strife, successive coups d’état, authoritarian governments, international interventions, and natural disasters, President Duvalier’s pronouncement that “It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer,” seems valid. Moderator Hector Duarte Jr. and Haitian authors M.J. Fievre, Fabienne Josaphat, and Katia D. Ulysse will discuss Haiti’s recent history, viewed through the prism of literature — from the days of Papa Doc Duvalier, to the tumultuous reign of President Aristide, to the earthquake that displaced more than 1.5 million people.

Every year, Miami brings into its heart hundreds of writers. The Book Fair International is one of the largest in the US. I hope you will be able to join us.

THe list of authors include Salman Rhusdie, Sandra Cisneros, Marlon James, Tananarive Due, Alexandra Fuller, Amy Tan, Cindy Crawford, Congressman John Lewis, Joyce Carol Oates, Rosie Perez. Get the full list here.