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So much had fallen into the sea. Hats fell in to the sea. Hearts fell into the sea. So much had fallen into the sea.

For some of us, arguing is a sport. In the marketplace in Haiti, whenever people were arguing, others would gather around them to watch and laugh at the colorful langugage. People rarely hit each other. They didn't need to. They could wound just as brutally by cursing your mother, calling you a sexual misfit, or accusing…

There were many cases in our history where our ancestors had doubled. Following in the vaudou tradition, most of our presidents were actually one body split in two: part flesh and part shadow. That was the only way they could murder and rape so many people and still go home to play with their children and make love to…

Who invented the Macoutes? The devil didn't do it and God didn't do it. Ordinary criminals walked naked in the night. They slicked their bodies with oil so that they could slip through most fingers. But the Macoutes, they did not hide. When they entered the house, they asked to be fed, demanded the woman of the house, and…

"I detect an accent", he said. Oh please, say a small one, I thought. After seven years in this country, I was tired of having people detect my accent.

My mother said it was important that I learn English quickly. Otherwise, the American students would make fun of me or, even worse, beat me. A lot of other mothers from the nursing home where she worked had told her that their children were getting into fights in school because they were accused of having HBO—Haitian Body…

She told me about a group of people in Guinea who carry the sky on their heads. They are the people of Creation. Strong, tall, and mighty people who can bear anything. Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who yhey are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your…