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50 Novels By Haitian Authors Every Haitian-American Should Read

50 Haitian novels Every Haitian-American Should Read
Are you a bookworm looking to read more books about Haiti, written by Haitian authors? Well, as usual your fave chick Kreyolicious has your back. Presenting…50 Novels By Haitian Authors Every Haitian-American Should Read, and here they are:

1. Aroma of Coffee by Dany Laferriere (trans.ed, 1993)
[Coach House Press]

2. Aunt Resia and the Spirits and Other Stories by Yanick Lahens (2010)
[CARAF Books]

3. Ayiti by Roxane Gay (2011)
[Artistically Declined Press]

4. The Book of Emma by Marie-Celie Agnant (Trans. Ed, 2006)
[Insomniac Press]

5. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (1994)
[Soho]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT EDWIDGE DANTICAT!

6. Canape Vert by Phillipe-Thoby and Pierre Marcelin (trans. ed, 1944)
[Farrar & Rhinehart]
Translated by Edward Larocque Tinker

7. Cathedral of the August Heat by Pierre Clitandre (trans. ed, 1987)
[Readers International]
Translated by B. Jones.

8. Children of Heroes by Lyonel Trouillot (2008)
[Bison Books]
Translated by Linda Coverdale

9. Clerise of Haiti by Marie-Therese Labosiere Thomas (2010)
[Trilingual Press]

10. The Colour of Dawn by Yanick Lahens (trans. ed 2016)
[Seren]
Translated by Alison Layland

11. The Company of Heaven by Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell (2010)
[University of Iowa Press]

12. Counts of the Majestic by Gesulla Cavanaugh (2011)
[Creative Space]

13. Dance on the Volcano by Marie Vieux Chauvet (trans. ed 2016, originally pub. 1957)
[Archipelago]

14. The Deadly Rose (The Rose Series) by JM Lominy (2013)
[Five Sons Publishing]

15. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (2007)
[Vintage]

16. Drifting by Katia D. Ulysse (2014)
[Akashaic Books]

17. The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (1999)
[Soho]

18. Festival of the Greasy Pole by Rene Depestre (trans. ed, 1990)
[CARAF Books/University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Carrol F.Coates

19. Fresh Girl by Jaira Placide (2002)
[Wendy Lamb Books]

20. General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis (Trans. ed, 1999)
[University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Caroll F. Coates

21. God Loves Haiti by Dimitry Elias Leger (2015)
[Amistad]

22. Haiti Noir by Various Authors (2010)
[Akashaic Books]

23. Haiti Noir 2 by Various Authors (2013)
[Akashaic Books]

24. Haitian Laughter by Georges Anglade, (2006)
[Educavision]
Translated by Anne Pease McConnell

25. In the Flicker of an Eyelid by Jacques Stephen Alexis (trans. ed, 2002)
[University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Carrol F. Coates

Be sure to watch the video for the rest of the books on the list!

K St. Fort
K St. Fort
ABOUT K. St Fort K. St. Fort is the Editor and Founder of, well, Kreyolicious.com and wishes to give you a heartfelt welcome to her site. She loves to read, write, and listen to music and is fascinated by her Haitian roots, and all aspects of her culture. Speaking of music, she likes it loud, really, really loud. Like bicuspid valve raising-loud. Her other love are the movies. She was once a Top 50 finalist for a student screenwriting competition, encouraging her to continue pounding the pavement. She has completed several screenplays, with Haiti as the backdrop, one of which tackles sexual abuse in an upper middle class Haitian family, while another has child slavery as its subject. She is currently completing another script, this time a thriller, about two sisters who reunite after nearly 10 years of separation. A strong believer in using films to further educational purposes, and to raise awareness about important subjects, she has made it a point to write about social issues facing Haiti, and making them an integral part of her projects. She has interviewed such Haitian-American celebrities as Roxane Gay, Garcelle Beauvais, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Briana Roy, Karen Civil, and many, many more. And that’s her writing this whole biographical sketch. She actually thinks writing about herself in the third person is cute. MY WEBSITE Kreyolicious ™: kree-ohl-lish-uh s: Surely an adjective…the state of being young, gorgeous, fine and utterly Haitian. Kreyolicious.com™, the hub for young, upwardly mobile Haitian-Americans, is akin to a 18th Century cultural salon but with a Millennium sensibility–an inviting lair, where we can discuss literature, music, problems facing the community, and everything on the side and in-between. Kreyolicious is the premier lifestyle, culture and entertainment blog and brand of the hip, young, trend-oriented, forward thinking Haitian-American. It’s the definite hot spot to learn more about Haiti our emerging identity as a people, and explore our pride and passion about our unique and vibrant culture. Within the site’s pages, Kreyolicious.com is going to engage you, empower you, and deepen your connection to everything Haitian: the issues, the culture, our cinema, the history, our cuisine, the style, the music, the worldwide community. Make yourself at home in my cultural salon. If you’re looking to learn more about Haiti, Kreyolicious.com invites you to board this trolley on a journey–on our journey. For me too, it is a process, a non-ending cultural odyssey. If you’re already acculturated, I can certainly learn something from you. We can learn from one other, for certain. With my site, Kreyolicious.com I look forward to inspiring you, to enriching you, and to participating alongside of you, in the cultural celebration. And being utterly kreyolicious. How do you wear your kreyoliciousness? On your sleeves, like I do? Kreyoliciously Yours, Your girl K. St. Fort, Ahem, follow me elsewhere!

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