Posted: May 6, 2024
I recently had the opportunity to be the subject of a documentary as part of a school assignment for a student filmmaker. He was a friend of my daughter’s, so I agreed to be interviewed. We kicked around a few topics that could be interesting and then settled on what felt right and what I
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Posted: March 25, 2024
It was a little past midnight when I heard a burst of what sounded like machine gun fire. I was still debating whether it was fireworks or actual gunshots when the sound pierced the air again. In my neighborhood, sitting on the lower part of the Turgeau hills in Port-au-Prince, the night air carries sounds
Posted: December 25, 2023
Hello, fellow readers! For this edition of my blog, I thought I’d take you on a brief visit at the Anders for a delightful little Christmas celebration with family and friends… This is not a part of the original story, but perhaps a continuation of it. It is a small gift to you at Christmas.
Posted: May 22, 2023
My first crush on a white boy was on my first day in college back in August of 1982. His name was Kevin Chiplock and he was from New England, I can’t recall which state. I was in the process of unpacking my suitcases and putting things away in my dresser in my dorm room
Posted: April 6, 2023
I was born and raised in Haiti for most of my childhood, with the exception of a 2-year period (between the ages of 9 and 11) when my mom and I lived in Brooklyn, New York. She had left my father and wanted to start a new, less violent life for herself. Who could blame
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