On April 20th, Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts for George Floyd’s death. Just as the verdict was on the verge of being announced, a police officer in Columbus, Ohio shot and killed a sixteen year old Black […]
I started writing this as prose and then it shifted to a poem. I’m nearing the final weeks of a pretty hellish school year, working on book things, and just trying to keep it together. And this week? This week […]
If you ask any Haitian cook what is the most important part of creating an authentic Haitian meal they’ll immediately reply: epis. Epis is used as the base for many delicious meals and without it your dish will be missing […]
Growing up as a child of Haitians living in the States can sometimes feel a little strange. Like any first generation American, you have one foot in the country you and your family moved to and the other back home. […]
Growing up, ushering in a new year meant spending all day at church fasting until midnight (don’t ask) and then gorging ourselves on soup joumou. Haitian soup joumou, or pumpkin/squash soup, is the signature dish of Haitians on January 1. […]
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi I’ve read a lot of YA fantasy. A lot. So much so that there are times when they all jumble together into one epic tale that I can’t quite distinguish from one […]