Haiti Noir

HAITI HAS A TRAGIC HISTORY and continues to be one of the most

destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Here, however, Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark,

the caliber of Haitian writing is of the highest order.

EDWIDGE DANTICAT was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when

she was twelve. She is the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book

Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, and the

novel-in-stories The Dew Breaker. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying,

was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of a National

Book Critics Circle Award. She is a 2009 recipient of the John D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur Foundation grant and lives in Miami.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: WHICH NOIR?"Odette" PATRICK SYLVAIN (Christ-Roi)"The

Rainbow's End" M.J. FIEVRE (Kenscoff)"The Finger" GARY VICTOR

(Port-au-Prince)"Paradise Inn" KETTLY MARS (Gokal)"Which One?" EVELYNE

TROUILLOT (Lalue)"Twenty Dollars" MADISON SMARTT BELL (Morne du Cap)

PART II: NOIR CROSSROADS"Claire of the Sea Light" EDWIDGE DANTICAT

(Ville Rose)"The Harem" IBI AANU ZOBOI (Delmas)"Rosanna" JOSAPHAT-ROBERT

LARGE (Pacot)"Maloulou" MARIE LILY CERAT (Martissant)"Dangerous

Crossroads" LOUIS PHILIPPE DALEMBERT (Petionville)"Blues for Irene" MARVIN

VICTOR (Carrefour-Feuilles)

PART III: WHO IS THAT NOIR?"The Last Department" KATIA D. ULYSSE

(Putis Blain)"Departure Lounge" NADINE PINEDE (Cap Haitien)"Who Is that

Man?" YANICK LAHENS (Saint-Marc)"Mercy at the Gate" MARIE KETSIA

THEODORE-PHAREL (Croix-des-Bouquets)"The Leopard of Ti Morne" MARK KURLANSKY

(Gonaives)"The Blue Hill" RODNEY SAINT-ELOI (Ozanana)