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Earthquake

Primal Needs

By Évelyne Trouillot

Was there still a second floor? Don’t think about it.

Translated from French by Paul Curtis Daw

Multilingual

Season of Grief

By Guy-Gerald Ménard

Entwined concrete houses / perform pirouettes on both sides of the street

Translated from Haitian Creole by Chantal Kenol

Multilingual

Under the Rubble

By Guy-Gerald Ménard

Fear sets up a tent / on our chest

Translated from Haitian Creole by Chantal Kenol

Multilingual

from “At the Borders of Thirst”

You needed a guide, one of those men who lived off the flesh and blood of the camp.

Translated from French by David Ball & Nicole Ball

Multilingual

Time Stretches Out and My Words Do, Too

By Yanick Lahens

I keep saying that Haiti is neither a postcard nor a nightmare.

Translated from French by David Ball & Nicole Ball

January 12, 2010

By Lyonel Trouillot

We already know there are no words for saying some things.

Translated from French by Linda Coverdale

Port-au-Prince on an IV Drip

By Louis-Philippe Dalembert

drip drop / port-au-prince’s life slips away

Translated from Haitian Creole by Nadève Ménard

Multilingual

In All Magnitude

I abhor humanitarianism.

Translated from French by Antoine Bargel & Alexis Pernsteiner

Multilingual

Neverending Story: Haiti’s Vibrant Literary Sphere Endures

By Nadève Ménard

The temblor of January 10, 2010, has become part of Haiti’s literary landscape.