Haiti Noir 2: The Classics | Edited by Edwidge Danticat

Featuring stories by: Danielle Legros Georges, Jacques Roumain, Ida Faubert, Jacques-Stephen Alexis, Jan J. Dominique, Paulette Poujol Oriol, Lyonel Trouillot, Emmelie Prophète, Ben Fountain, Dany Laferrière, Georges Anglade, Edwidge Danticat, Michèle Voltaire Marcelin, Èzili Dantò, Marie-Hélène Laforest, Nick Stone, Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell, Myriam J.A. Chancy, and Roxane Gay.

Part I: Hunted/Haunted

“Praisesong for Port-au-Prince” by Danielle Legros Georges (Port-au-Prince, 1999)

“Preface to the Life of a Bureaucrat” by Jacques Roumain (Bolosse, 1930)

“A Strange Story” by Ida Faubert (Turgeau, 1959)

“The Enchanted Second Lieutenant” by Jacques-Stephen Alexis (Bassins-Coquilleaux, 1960)

“A White House with Pink Curtains in the Downstairs Windows” by Jan J. Dominique (Kenscoff, 1996)

“Oresca” by Paulette Poujol Oriol (Source Diquini, 2001)

“Children of Heroes” (excerpt) by Lyonel Trouillot (Place des Héros, 2002)

Part II: Seduced

“Remember One Day” by Emmelie Prophète (Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1999)

“Rêve Haitien” by Ben Fountain (Pacot, 2000)

“Heading South” by Dany Laferrière (Kaliko Beach, 2006)

“Three Letters You Will Never Read” by Georges Anglade (Quina, 2006)

“The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special” by Edwidge Danticat (Delmas, 2008)

“True Life” by Michèle Voltaire Marcelin (Rue des Miracles, 2008)

Part III: Losing My Way

“I Just Lost My Way” by Èzili Dantò (Anba Dlo, Lan Ginen, 1997)

“The Mission” by Marie-Hélène Laforest (Bonair, 2002)

“Barbancourt Blues” (excerpt) by Nick Stone (Pétionville Square, 2007)

“Dame Marie” by Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell (Dame Marie, 2007)

“Surrender” (excerpt) by Myriam J.A. Chancy (Port-au-Prince Central Prison, 2010)

“Things I Know About Fairy Tales” by Roxane Gay (Cité Soleil, 2011)