January 9, 2013
amy wilentz: Globalization & the Little Haitian Chair

amywilentz:

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Typical Haitian chairs, made with palm frond and wood.

Tomorrow, my second book about Haiti, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, is being published, and I wanted to think about the ways in which old Haiti — the Haiti I first knew years ago — is changing, and what that means.

The first thing I ever…

A great essay explaining, in part, why trying to really help can be so damn hard….

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