Novelist and short story author Edwidge Danticat discusses her literary influences, her conceptions of joy, and the women in her stories with Aster(ix) Journal and Sampsonia Way.
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“You become a part of where you are from, and your homeland becomes a part of you”
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A new report reveals U.N. Peacekeepers have been exploiting poor Haitian women for sex in exchange for food and medication.
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This week: Tibetan writer Tsering Woser talks about her detention, the censorship protest in China comes to a close, and the future of music in Mali.
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This year’s events are scheduled to take place in more than 100 countries around the world. Likewise, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, Sampsonia Way recognizes women and writers from around the world who have contributed their transformative words to our pages.
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This photo captures a few Haitian school children smiling and laughing outside of their school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Shot 30 years ago, this photo helps illustrate the lives of the Haitian people before the devastating earthquake that rocked the nation. Life in Haiti has never been easy, but with the addition of this catastrophe the already fragile nation has a lot of work to do.
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When the earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, Elizabeth Hoover had just returned to Pittsburgh from Indiana University to join the staff of Sampsonia Way. In order to understand the changing world of Haitian literature, she reflects on the literary scene was before the earthquake.
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