I have a fairly limited experience with opera. My growing years were mostly jazz with a few helpings of blues, a handful of Broadway musicals, and of course full servings of R&B and Soul as my teens beckoned. But there were also recordings of Handel’s “Messiah,” “Amahl and the Night […]
HaÏti-Haitii? Philosophical Reflections for Mental Decolonization By Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s book, HaÏti-Haitii? has strengthened my ideas about Haiti, colonialism, and his commitment to staying true in his struggle for Haitians true freedom. The book reads as a series of meditations and simple poems punctuated by blistering proverbs, as the […]
I am almost always reading three books at a time, usually spread across genres, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, as essays, memoir or history. Right now on my bedside table these three are among the offerings. Chris Abani has a way with words, his prose has the music and richness of […]
