September 2014
A Presentation of Frankétienne’s Ready to Burst
Archipelago Books is celebrating the release of Ready To Burst by Frankétienne, translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover... Please join Archipelago Books and the Haiti Cultural Exchange for a presentation of Ready to Burst by Frankétienne. The launch event will feature a conversation with Frankétienne, translator of Ready to Burst Kaiama L. Glover, and author Madison Smartt Bell. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. "His work can speak to the most intellectual person in the society as well as…
Find out more »A Presentation of Frankétienne’s Ready to Burst
Archipelago Books is celebrating the release of Ready To Burst by Frankétienne, translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover... Please join Archipelago Books and the Haiti Cultural Exchange for a presentation of Ready to Burst by Frankétienne. The launch event will feature a conversation with Frankétienne, translator of Ready to Burst Kaiama L. Glover, and author Madison Smartt Bell. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. "His work can speak to the most intellectual person in the society as well as…
Find out more »Frankétienne at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Frankétienne, author of Ready to Burst, translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover, will be speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival this fall! Creativity and Chaos: Artistic High-Wire Acts St. Francis College Auditorium 1:00pm - 2:00pm How do artists tap into their most creative selves, and learn to balance the impulses—whether it’s for performance and visual art, literature, or computer programming—to make something new? A conversation with Philippe Petit (Creativity: The Perfect Crime), Haitian author and painter Franketienne…
Find out more »Frankétienne at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Frankétienne, author of Ready to Burst, translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover, will be speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival this fall! Creativity and Chaos: Artistic High-Wire Acts St. Francis College Auditorium 1:00pm - 2:00pm How do artists tap into their most creative selves, and learn to balance the impulses—whether it’s for performance and visual art, literature, or computer programming—to make something new? A conversation with Philippe Petit (Creativity: The Perfect Crime), Haitian author and painter Franketienne…
Find out more »November 2014
The World in Translation: Frankétienne at the Miami Book Fair
Please join us at the Miami Book Fair for THE WORLD IN TRANSLATION - a conversation with Frankétienne, Kaiama L. Glover, Valerie Miles, and Betty Milan! Considered by many to be the ‘father of Haitian letters, FRANKÈTIENNE is a prolific poet, novelist, visual artist, playwright, musician, and ‘spiraliste.’ He writes in both French and Haitian Creole and often juggles the two. His paintings have been exhibited internationally. An outspoken challenger of political oppression, Frankétienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize…
Find out more »The World in Translation: Frankétienne at the Miami Book Fair
Please join us at the Miami Book Fair for THE WORLD IN TRANSLATION - a conversation with Frankétienne, Kaiama L. Glover, Valerie Miles, and Betty Milan! Considered by many to be the ‘father of Haitian letters, FRANKÈTIENNE is a prolific poet, novelist, visual artist, playwright, musician, and ‘spiraliste.’ He writes in both French and Haitian Creole and often juggles the two. His paintings have been exhibited internationally. An outspoken challenger of political oppression, Frankétienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize…
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