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In “Create Dangerously,” a new play based on the work of Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat, an actor portraying playwright-director Liliana Blain-Cruz describes what the audience is about to see.
The Miami New Drama play-with-music will open at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in a sold-out world premiere at the Colony Theatre on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road.
In the days and weeks following the 2010 earthquake that ravaged his country, Joseph—then Haiti’s ambassador to the United States—was a familiar face on CNN. And now, as the Caribbean nation descends further into a nightmare of natural disasters, political assassinations, kidnappings and lawlessness, this elder statesman cannot and will not remain silent.
The Bahamas continues to pay a heavy price for the sins of François ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier Dear Editor, As I read Public Works Minister Desmond Bannister’s statement regarding the government’s sting operation on The Farm Haitian shantytown in Abaco, my mind immediately went on the largest shantytown in the Western Hemisphere, which is Cité Soleil. Located in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, Cité Soleil is home to approximately 270,000 Haitians, most of whom live in abject poverty. Like its Bahamian shantytown replicas of The Mudd, Pigeon Peas, Sandba...
Why We Need Literature to Document Atrocities—at Home and Abroad Toni Morrison bore witness to the lasting legacy of slavery through her writings. Courtesy of Guillermo Arias/Associated Press. by Daisy Hernández | January 11, 2021 For a long time, I cringed whenever I heard someone talk about a novel or a poem bearing witness. The word “witness” bothered me. It felt hollow and privileged. It felt like something an entitled American writer would say, a writer who could author a book and walk away. I was not that person, or at least I didn’t want to be. And I was not ...