The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution22 reviews C.L.R. James Vintage, 1989 Good Read! + Amazing! + Caribbean person's review of Black Jacobins Excellent! At time, Mr. James annoyed me to no end. But what kept me reading was he had the balls to write truth, though at times his constantly editorializing made me roll my eyes. His work has certainly added to my body of knowledge about Haiti, Toussaint and other players. The fact is ...             Master of the Crossroads9 reviews Madison Smartt Bell Vintage, 2004 "Crossroads" of Destiny + As Magnificent as All Souls' Rising, and that's saying a lot + My Bicorne goes off to Bell + Historical fiction at its finest             Krik? Krak!69 reviews Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 1996 Read this book + Perfect! + Promising Cultural Portrayal + If only...             Seven Days in Haiti2 reviews Michael, Barrick Xulon Press, 2007 A Must Read for Christians & Child Sponsors + Outstanding purchase. This powerful little book is definately a must read. Michael Barrick journeyed to Haiti on a mission to discover what it really meant to be "a bond-slave for Christ", and in 7 short days, found out that and so much more. He tells of the places he went, and how life really is in Haiti for Christians ...             After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti (Crown Journeys)5 reviews Edwidge Danticat Crown, 2002 This poignant narrative will mesmerize readers + A Sensory Experience + A good read. + Things are better now in Haiti. + Edwidge Danticat-speaks truth to power!!!             Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)213 reviews Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 1998 Haitian horror story + Great novel + A story that transcends its setting + ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY             The Black Jacobin: A Biography of C. L. R. James David Austin Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio), 2006             The Farming of Bones60 reviews Edwidge Danticat Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Moved... + Breaking Bones..... + Excellent Service! + A Woman's Odyssey + Two Languages, Two Countries, Two People, One Island             Behind the Mountains (First Person Fiction)5 reviews Edwidge Danticat Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002 Young Immigrants Featured Review + behind the mountains + behind the mountain + Must read for young readers, or anyone interested in Haiti + Interesting to read             Children of Heroes Lyonel Trouillot University of Nebraska Press, 2008 Their father’s favorite saying, between drinks and blows, was, “Life holds only bad surprises, and the last one will be death.” And now, Colin observes of the man sprawled under all the broken furniture, their father was definitely and forever out of surprises. Children of Heroes is the story Colin tells of what happened—and what happened before that. Testimony, ...             All Souls' Rising27 reviews Madison Smartt Bell Vintage, 2004 what fiction is all about + Powerful and necessary + Haitian revolution comes alive. Vivid, vast, haunting. + You can't change the history + Haiti's history of revolution             The Dew Breaker45 reviews Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 2005 One of the great, great books of the new century + Agony and Atonement..... + Exquisite + Disturbing + "The Drew Breaker" is worthy of your attention.             Street of Lost Footsteps1 review Lyonel Trouillot Bison Books, 2003 A particularly grim night in hell Lyonel Trouillot's intense, fragmentary portrayal of a night of apocalyptic violence in Port-au-Prince is harrowing and lacking in catharsis for the reader, as the two main narrators, a bordello madame (who used to be a school teacher) and a taxi driver who survives in an open sewer (though ...             Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup (Read and Resist)8 reviews Common Courage Press, 2004 Crucial to understanding the economic and political crisis in Haiti! + Another view... For activists interested in learning more about the recent U.S. military intervention in Haiti which resulted in massive human rights violations and the kidnapping of left-wing president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, this brief anthology of essays and Democracy Now! interviews is an excellent ...             The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States10 reviews Edwidge Danticat Soho Press, 2003 What a Proud Collection + Connecting to experiences unknown + Read all about it + The Butterfly's Way + Vive Haiti             Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-19402 reviews Mary A. Renda The University of North Carolina Press, 2001 Paternalism= imperialism evolved Renda's book illuminates the early stages of America's invisible empire: providing an excellent account of paternalism and the racial undercurrents that swell beneath the surface. While I believe she is a little too harsh in her assesment of the Wilson administration, the ideological premise and ...             The Uses of Haiti (3rd Edition)14 reviews Paul Farmer Common Courage Press, 2005 Wake up America! + Haiti used for sex tourism + Paul Farmer's Haiti + the greatest book on Haiti's recent history             Massacre River2 reviews Rene Philoctete New Directions, 2005 Le peuple des terres mêlées + Wonderful!!!! Massacre River Massacre River - a title, by the way, which does not by far do justice to the original Le Peuple des terres mêlées, as the translator dutifully explains - is a book from the reading of which no serious reader will come out unmoved. Written in a prose as trenchant as matter-of-fact ...             Open Gate1 review Boadiba Curbstone Press, 2001 Open Gate Extraordinary, as the reviewer says "essential." A re-shaping of contemporary poetry is taking place in Haiti and the diaspora.             Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries)26 reviews Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 2008 A Good Book, Yes, But Also an Important Book + A most remarkable memoir + the human costs of immigration + An Amazing Haitian-American Journey + Brother, I 'm Dying