Earlier this month, I published two articles were especially. For Esquire Magazine, I wrote a nonfiction essay that explores how Haiti is perceived and what it means to live in the country today. My title, “Those Who Remain in Haiti—and Those who Leave,” was inspired by Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. As someone who has left my hometown (Miami) and my country of birth (settler colonial United States), I feel like Lenú. However, Haitian descent also complicates what home means and where I fit in.
Another text that took part of the spring to compose is my essay for a special essay of The Nation entitled “Without Apology: Abortion in Literature.” For the first time in my life, my name was on a magazine cover.
Do you like plantains? If so, read my short essay in Vittles Substack, where I explore what it means to run away and find my way through my aunt’s cooking.
As some of you may know, I love electronic music, so I interviewed a prolific musician and writer. Thus, I wrote this profile about DJ artist Paul Purgas for Frieze Magazine.
Some Afro-Asian scholars are working on finding the aesthetic language for fungi. One of those people is architectural scientist, designer, and educator Mae-ling Lokko for Contemporary & about agro-waste, fungi, and her evolution as an artist.