In&nbsp;Elektrik, eight women writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe come together to explore, in poetry and prose, the complex nature of Caribbean existence. A single mother has an intimate encounter with a migrant worker; a teenager discovers her sexuality in the shadow of her twin sister; a poet summons a chorus of sirens, only to warn them: "Keep your voices' beauty from waylaying sailors." Through glittering translations from French, Elektrik sings the experience of Franco-Caribbean identity today. These writers communicate through the silence of the past to the unknowability of the future--forever in the rare language of literature.

Elektrik: Caribbean Writing (Calico Series, 8)

Literature & Fiction

Dambury, Gerty

Kanor, Fabienne

MARS, Kettly

DRACIUS, Suzanne

Agnant, Marie-Célie

Octavia, Gaël

Jean-Gilles, Mireille

Bonhomme, Adlyne

United States

Two Lines Press

"Adoration by Jean-René Lemoine: In a nightclub on a terrace overlooking the sea, a woman Chine, and a man, Rodez, reflect on their relationship. Chine tells the story of her first encounter with Rodez. Memories of desire, obsession, love, and hate mix with the sounds of the waves they hear from far away. Slowly, Chine unveils the inner workings of a dangerous passion in which she lost herself. - And the Whole World Quakes: the Great Collapse by Guy Régis Junior: Two women, survivors of a catastrophe, stand on a hill overlooking a destroyed city. The Youngest and the Oldest look upon the desolated landscape and hear the lamentations, prayers, and songs of the survivors. - Family by Gaël Octavia: A father hides his homosexuality from his family and tries to escape a stifling and suffocating family. The alcoholic stay-at-home mother, who is always is jealous of the relationships her husband has with their children. A brother and a sister sleep in the same room, in the same bed. In this ordinary dysfunctional family, everyone struggles playing the social games they are expected to play. The lies, secrets, and silences ultimately blow up the constraining social conventions they lived with before. - Ladjablès Wild Woman by Daniely Francisque: During a night of the Carnival in Martinique a female masked dancer meets an arrogant man who tries to seduce her. Drunken by desire, the heartless man does not realize that the predator is slowly becoming the prey of the bewitching dancer. - Street Sad by Luc Saint Eloy: Marlène is a prostitute working on the streets of Paris. She does not care about anything or anyone. One evening, she returns to the place where her brother Jeannot was murdered just a year before. There she meets a mysterious man with whom she starts a conversation. She tells him her story, her memories and enters into a dangerous flirt. - The Day My Father Killed Me by Charlotte Boimare & Magali Solignat: This play is based on a true story of a singer who murdered his own son a few years ago in Guadeloupe. Devised as a documentary theatre work, the play exposes multiple voices that offer a diverse narrative account of the crime. It takes a close look at the violence in contemporary Caribbean society"--

New Plays from the Carribbean: Francophone Edition

Régis Jr, Guy

Boimare, Charlotte

Francisque, Daniely

Lemoine, Jean-René

Saint-Éloy, Luc

Solignat, Magali

Dramas & Plays

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publications

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