Articles tagged "Disaster Relief"

Season of Grief (Mag: Articles)

By Guy-Gerald Ménard | January 1, 2013

Goudougoudougoudougoudou . . . When the malicious brouhaha finally dozed off at dusk’s feet when in the magic of darkness ribbons of promise turned into sadness with desperation deep in our…...

Translated from Haitian Creole by Chantal Kenol bilingual version

Time Stretches Out and My Words Do, Too (Mag: Articles)

By Yanick Lahens | January 1, 2013

Mid-August. The beach, for the first time since the earthquake. The water is warm, just the way I like it. I keep saying that Haiti is neither a postcard nor a nightmare. This Sunday more than ever. I’m…...

Translated from French by David Ball and Nicole Ball

In All Magnitude (Mag: Articles)

By James Noël | January 1, 2013

I give thanks to the earth, not the same, not mine—my stormy, radiant illiterate—I give thanks to the earth, not my island, that terrible girl, who learned, with her silent “S,”…...

Translated from French by Antoine Bargel and Alexis Pernsteiner bilingual version

Japan, One Year Later (Dispatches)

By Susan Harris | March 10, 2012

On March 11, 2011, Tokyo was rocked by a violent earthquake and tsunami that triggered an accident at a nuclear power plant. We mark the anniversary with poems by two Japanese writers, both translated…...

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