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Playing dirty
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Kiki Swinson |
Playing dirty is a skill that Yoshi Lomax has perfected. By bribing cops and officials, sleeping with her boss, and convincing her friend in the DEA to make evidence disappear, Yoshi has become a top… |
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La isla bajo el mar
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Isabel Allende |
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her chil… |
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American Street
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Ibi Aanu Zoboi |
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—the good life. But after leaving Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U… |
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Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora
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Manoucheka Celeste |
With the exception of slave narratives, there are few stories of black international migration in U.S. news and popular culture. This book is interested in stratified immigrant experiences, diverse b… |
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Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer
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Dany Laferrière |
"Première œuvre d'un jeune auteur d'origine haïtienne, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer est toujours d'actualité bien des années après sa parution. Depuis, le roman est devenu un … |
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The return
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Dany Laferriere |
After his father dies, Haitian-born Dany leaves Montreal in order to return his father's body to Baraderes, the village in Haiti where he was born. |
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Massacre River
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Rene Philoctete |
Haitian poet Philoctete's novel paints a graphic picture of the 1937 slaughter of thousands of Haitians during the reign of the Dominican dictator Generalissimo Trujillo. In chapters that alternate a… |
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