Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifies the raw talent that made her one of the voices of our age ( National Post , Canada).
Wise, fanciful, and daring, Ayiti is the book that put Roxane Gay on the map and now, with two previously uncollected stories, confirms her singular vision..
And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood.
A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed.
A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland.
Clever and haunting by turns, Ayiti explores the Haitian diaspora experience.
Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifies the raw talent that made her one of the voices of our age ( National Post , Canada)
