So Spoke the Earth = Ainsi parla la terre = Tè a pale : a Haiti anthology

388 Pages·2012·17.213 MB·Haitian Creole; French; English

by  M. J. Fievre

So Spoke The Earth
Ainsi parla la terre
Tè a pale

So Spoke the Earth
Ainsi parla la terre
Tè a pale
Edited by M.J. Fievre
Published by Women Writers of Haitian Descent, Inc.
South Florida
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First Edition, August 31“, 2012
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Cover art: Chevelin Illustration
English Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1478185956
ISBN-10: 1478185953
French Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1478186113
ISBN-10: 1478186119
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE DES MATIÈRES
LIS TOUT TÈKS
1 Introduction
14 Préface
17 Prefas
LANMÒ MÒDE TOUPATOU
(Death was Lurking)
ENGLISH
23 Little Citizen, by Joanne Hyppolite
42 In the Old Days, by Edwidge Danticat
54 The Long Walk Back, by Kathie Klarreich
60 Lebon Berger, by Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel
73 No Funeral for Nono, by M.J. Fievre
78 From Haiti with Love, by Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell
91 Burnt Flakes, Burnt Flesh, by Mahalia Solages
98 Madame Victoire, by Leita Kaldi Davis
102 A Mother's Dance, by Yolaine M. St. Fort
112 What Sustains Them, by Gatiot Pierre Louima
128 Gatekeeper, by Nathalie Cerin
135 — Haiti, a Love Letter to Place and Memory, by Nathalie Foy
142 Agony and Beauty, by Barbara Ellen Sorensen
149 Earthquake, by Suzy Magloire-Sicard
154 ` Ayiti, Leve, by Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat
156 — Alfune, by Alison Luterman
158 Which Devil, by James E. Cherry
159 — Haitiens: Étrangers, by Danielle Legros Georges
163 The Guitar Played for Somebody Somewhere,
by Carolyn Srygley-Moore
165 I Pray, by Jerrice J. Baptiste
166 Seventh Day, by Jerrice J. Baptiste
167 Valentines for Haiti, by Jeremy Paden
168 Eating Rum Raisin, by Jeremy Paden
170 — Haiti: A Memoir of Death and Rebirth, by Mimi Ferebee
174 Haiti, by Jaime R. Wood
TOUT PWASON MANJE MOUN
(And Danger Came Rushing In)
FRANCAIS
177 Ayiti pap peri, pat Emmelie Prophète
180 — Aux abords du silence, par Marie-Alice Théard
184 La soudaine intelligence de Carmélie Nozeille, pat Margaret Papillon
196 Le Conte à rebours de l'histoire, par Carmelle St. Gérard-Lopez
203 Fille d'Haiti, par Maryse C. Elysée
204 L'énigme du départ, par Pascale Doxy
205 Pardon, Haiti, par Mireille Sylvain-David
207 Les couleurs de ma vie, par Aurélie M. Fièvre
208 Quand je serai poète, par Magalie Jean-Baptiste
209 Trip zantray mwen, par Geneviève Gaillard-Vanté
210 Péfales fanés, par Geneviève Gaillard-Vanté
211 Ce vide, par Geneviève Gaillard-Vanté
212 Réves oubliés, par Geneviève Gaillard-Vanté
213 — Pourquoi, pourquoi, pourquoi?, par Naiké C. Bélizaire
214 Je serai forte, par Naiké C. Bélizaire
215 — Cette jeune fille, par Naiké C. Bélizaire
216 Mon histoire, par Aurélie M. Fièvre
217 Notre sang, par Louis Joseph Guy Marie Cayemitte
218 Qui s'est permis?, pat Jonel Juste
220 — Amen!, par Margaret Papillon
225 Matrimoine, par Elsie Suréna
230 — L'intouchable, par Marie-Alice Théard
234 Tonton Gérard, pat Marie Flore Morett
237 L'bomme au pardessus jaune, pat Jessica Fièvre
KREYOL
242 12 janvye, pat Yvette Leroy
L
— HANM
Reyalite lavi, par Yvette Leroy
O Grann Sentòn, par Lucie Mercure Gelin
Ayiti, se pa fòt ou, se pa fòt mwen, par Lucie Mercure Gelin
Jou Fèt Senjid, par Maude Heurtelou
Mwen jwenn li, pat Smoye Noisy
Dans viktwa peyi m', pat Leila Laraque
Fout ou deyò, par Leila Laraque
Lakay, pat Naomie Labaty
Babay, Azor, par Schiller Marcelin
M' swete w’ konprann, par Donaldy Salvant
Veye, priye, par Gessy Cameau Coicou
VERITE DEKWOKE BATON
(And the truth shall make you mad)
ENGLISH
283 Thérèse Amen, by Leita Kaldi Davis
285 Market Day in Haiti, by Cynthia D. Bertelsen
290 The Mountain Beyond, by Nadine Pinede
295 — Pran Kouraj, by Yveline Alexis
297 The Tiny Hoke in the Aluminium Fence, by Liliane Nerette-Louis
302 Tante Yane, by Liliane Nerette-Louis
305 Amen!, by Margaret Papillon
309 An Angel on the Other Side of the Border, by Marylin Laurent
319 My History, Our Shared Future, by Chantalle Francesca Verna
323 Party Rice, by Karyn Exilus
328 Creole NOT Allowed Here, an interview with Jan Mapou,
by MJ. Fievre & Danielle Legros Georges
353 — Souke dada w', by MJ. Fievre
365 Biographies
Biographies
Biyografi