Voracious street; The missing; In the unwearied heart of the sea / Mireille Jean-Gilles, translated by Eric Fishman -- African mask / Gaël Octavia, translated by Kaiama L. Glover -- Plato's stars / Fabienne Kanor, translated by Lynn Palermo -- Incandescences; Inventory; O my land; Fervent prayer / Marie-Célie Agnant, translated by Danielle Legros Georges -- The last photograph / Marie-Célie Agnant, translated by Dawn Fulton -- from The patriarch's angel / Kettly Mars, translated by Lucy Scott -- "I wait by the sea..."; "Here I am, a wound hanging..."; "We built the night..."; "Your naked tongue..."; "I approached the sand..."; "From our arms on the first day of spring..." / Adlyne Bonhomme, translated by Nathan Dize -- The macho's marathon, the major's martyrology, and the coquer's calvary / Suzanne Dracius, translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Catherine Kellogg -- Defiant islands / Gerty Dambury, translated by Judith Miller and Gerty Dambury.
Summary:
"Eight female writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe explore the beauty, pain, and complexity wrapped up in their Caribbean identities. A collection of poems and short stories translated from French"-- Provided by publisher.
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