"We are ill-favored, but still we endure. Every once in a while, we must scream this as far as the wind can carry our …"

"Watching the news reports, it is often hard to tell whether there are real living and breathing women in conflict-str…"

"At the heart of these protests is also the obligation of a country that needs, yet despises, those who comprise a lar…"

"On this anniversary, while remembering the dead and celebrating those still living, I also want to recognize more tha…"

"This day, more than any other, should remind us that everyone seeking asylum deserves to be treated humanely."

"First novels are a lot like first children. You lavish all your love and attention on them, but you also make all you…"

"I am from a place, Haiti, that constantly evokes nostalgia in the people who have seen it, lived in it, and loved it …"

"most of my tourism is done through books."

"Well, I think that when I’m writing about Haiti, I’m just writing one long, ongoing story. But I really did feel, lik…"

"There is a Haitian saying that might upset the aesthetic sensibilities of some women. "Nou lèd, nou la," it says. "We…"