#yanick lahens

[whilereadingandwalking]

“It was September. Together they watched the day undo itself. Shorter than the day before in this season. Longer than those to come.”—from Moonbath by Yanick Lahens, translated by Emily Gogolak

[kattra]

What I’m Reading

BOOKS OF DECEMBER The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller ** American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson  The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Moonbath by Yanick Lahens You’d Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (P) Into the Windwracked Wilds by A. Deborah Baker St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (SS)  You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat Beneath a Waning Moon: A Duo of Gothic Romances by Elizabeth Hunter & Grace Draven The Host by Stephanie Meyer  A Wilderness of Glass by Grace Draven  The Book of Night by Holly Black **

Graphic Novels: HoriMiya Vol.6-10 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara ** Wotakoi: Love is Hard For Otaku Vol.3-6 by Fujita ** Queen’s Quality Vol.1-3 by Kyousuke Motomi My Dress-up Darling Vol.4-6 by Shinichi Fukuda **  Dengeki Daisy Vol.1-4 by Kyousuke Motor 

(167 books read / 165 books goal)

currently reading:  Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone by James Martin (NF) Girls Against God by Jenny Hval  Kink edited by R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell (SS)  No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay (P)* ** Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater* ** 

* - re-read // ** - 4+ star-rating (recommended) GN - graphic novel // NF - non-fiction // P - poetry SS - short story collection // AB - audiobook 

TBR: Mr. Impossible / Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Radiance by Grace Draven Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

WHAT ARE YOU READING? :D

Find me on: GOODREADS | THE STORYGRAPH 

[julietsha]

La couleur de l'aube de Yanick Lahens (2008)

[sagewraith]

My memory is like those wreaths of seaweed detached from everything, dancing, panicking on the foam of the waves.

Moonbath, Yanick Lahens

[mzelletetedslesnuages]

Le corps incertain et l'âme floue, nous attendions, oreilles aux aguets et cœurs ouverts, ces mots goyave et canne qui font danser des papillons dans les yeux et battre le sang sous la peau.

Dans la maison du père - Yanick Lahens

[les-toupies-h]

Yanick Lahens

[agardenandlibrary]

Island Heart by Ida Faubert, translated from French by Danielle Legros Georges | Sub Press

General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis, translated from French by Carrol F. Coates | CARAF Books, University of Virginia Press

Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet, translated from French by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokur | Modern Library

Massacre River by René Philoctète, translated from French by Linda Coverdale | New Directions

Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre, translated from French by Kaiama L. Glover | Akashic Books

Aunt Résia and the Spirits, and Other Stories by Yanick Lahens, translated from French by Elizabeth “Betty” Wilson | CARAF Books, University of Virginia Press

The Infamous Rosalie by Évelyne Trouillot, translated from French by Marjorie Attignol Salvodon | University of Nebraska Press

Wandering Memory by Jan J. Dominique, translated from French by Emma Donovan Page | CARAF Books, University of Virginia Press

The Mediterranean Wall by Louis-Philippe Dalembert, translated from French by Marjolijn de Jager | Schaffner Press

The Immortals by Makenzy Orcel, translated from French by Nathan H. Dize | SUNY Press

[haitianculture509]

Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

In the Flicker of an Eyelid by Jacques Stephen Alexis,

Memoir of an Amnesiac by Jan J. Dominique,

The Infamous Rosalie by Évelyne Trouillot,

The Other Side of the Sea by Louis-Phillipe Dalembert,

Children of Heroes by Lyonel Trouillot,

Alphabet of the Night by Jean-Euphèle Milcé,

The Roving Tree by Elsie Augustave,

Reflections of Loko Miwa by Lilas Desquiron,

Under the Bone by Anne-Christine d’Adesky,

The Loneliness of Angels by Myriam J.A. Chancy,

God Loves Haiti by Dimitry Elias Léger,

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay,

An Aroma of Coffee by Dany Laferrière,

Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone

Tante Rezia and the Spirits by Yanick Lahens

Drifting by Katia D. Ullyse,

The Company of Heaven by Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell

Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat

Haiti Noir

Haiti Noir 2

Feel free to add some of your favorite haitian books (any genre) and suggestions

[whilereadingandwalking]

The island nation of Haiti has a rich history haunted by imperialist violence and cruelty. My most recent list of books-in-translation features books from Haiti, books that dive into historical fiction or contemporary satire, digging into everything from character-driven narrative to Vodou to the politics of survival. Check out all of my recommendations!

[kattra]

What I’m Reading

BOOKS OF NOVEMBER The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (AB) ** The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black* ** The Drowned Country by Emily Tesh ** The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawn Walton  Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King (SS)  Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire  Dark Waters by Katherine Arden Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Graphic Novels: Links by Natsuki Kizu ** My Little Monster Vol.10-13 by Robiko  Magic Knight Rayearth I + II by CLAMP * **

(152 books read / 150 books goal)

currently reading:  You’d Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (P) American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson  The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller  Moonbath by Yanick Lahens  St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russel (SS)

* - re-read // ** - 4+ star-rating  GN - graphic novel // NF - non-fiction // P - poetry SS - short story collection // AB - audiobook 

TBR: Into the Windwracked Wilds by A. Deborah Baker The Book of Night by Holly Black  You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie My Dress-up Darling Vol.4-6 by Shinichi Fukuda (GN)

WHAT ARE YOU READING? :D

Find me on: GOODREADS | THE STORYGRAPH 

[uwmspeccoll]

Impromptu, 3-Day, Hands-on, Pop-up Exhibit on French Publications

On May 10 we hosted the UWM French Program's Student Awards Ceremony, and set out an array of French publications. We were so impressed by the display that we decided to keep it out a little longer for an impromptu, 3-day, hands-on, pop-up exhibition, May 15-17.

Works attendees were able to peruse and handle included:

Issues of Mercure Galant, one of the earliest popular magazines in Europe, covering the latest music, fashion, and goings-on at the court of Louis XIV. Special Collections holds scores of issues from 1677-1688.

The first printing of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade, originally published as La Ligue in Geneva, 1723.

Original mid-19th-century lithographs by French caricaturist Honoré Daumier.

The bizarre 1865-published zoomorphic caricatures of French caricaturist Jean-Jacques Grandville.

Deluxe Livres d'Artistes (i.e., large, letterpress-printed works with original signed prints by famous artists), including:

André Bonnard's translation of the Antigone of Sophocles, with original etchings by Hans Erni (André Gonin, 1949).

Jean Paulhan's De mauvais sujets, with Marc Chagall's very first color-printed etchings (Les Bibliophiles de l'Union française, 1958).

Jacques Prévert's Fêtes, with original relief prints by Alexander Calder (Maeght, 1971).

André Frénaud's Le Miroir de l'homme par les bêtes, with original aquatint etchings by Joan Miró (Maeght, 1972).

Arthur Rimbaud's Vowels, in French and English, with Japanese watercolor woodblock prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson, cut & printed by Keiji Shinohara (Limited Editions Club, 1996).

The first edition of Raymond Queneau's famous Oulipo publication Cent mille milliards de poèmes (A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems) designed by Robert Massin, and published by Gallimard in 1961.

Contemporary publications, with signed presentation inscriptions to the UWM Libraries, by writers who have presented in Special Collections through our partnership with the UWM French Program and Alliance Française de Milwaukee, including Joséphine Bacon, Azouz Begag, Yanick Lahens, and Kettly Mars.

And much more!!

Click on the images for details.

[thedigeblog]

Un habillage, générique et plateau réalisé en collaboration de tv5Monde, la direction artistique, la direction photo et la réalisatrice Veronique Rozenswajg.

[juno7haiti]

« Il n’y a pas de réconciliation possible entre le peuple haïtien et Jovenel Moïse », estiment un groupe d’écrivains haïtiens

Pas moins de 17 hommes et femmes de lettre haïtiens dont Kettly Mars, Anthony Phelps, Lyonel Trouillot, Yanick Lahens, Évelyne Trouillot, Gary Victor, Frankétienne, Louis-Philippe Dalembert se disent favorables au départ du président Jovenel Moïse.

Dans une tribune publiée dans le journal Le Point, ces écrivains font état de la situation d’un pays non-gouverné, bouleversé par des troubles…

[super-caribe-suomi1012]

📅 Yanick Lahens sera ce soir sur le plateau de La Grande Librairie aux côtés de Laurent Gaudé. 🐦Récemment nommée au Collège de France à la nouvelle chaire annuelle « Mondes francophones » - publie "L’Oiseau Parker dans la nuit" (Sabine Wespieser), recueil de 21 nouvelles écrites dans les années 1990 et 2000. ➡️ Avec ces courtes histoires, elle dresse un panorama saisissant de son pays, du XXe siècle à nos jours. Avec ses espoirs, sa jeunesse décomplexée, mais aussi la violence, la corruption, la misère ou encore le poids des diktats familiaux et des traditions. 📚Tentez de gagner les livres de nos invités en regardant La Grande Librairie 📺ce soir à 20h50 sur France 5 ! https://www.instagram.com/p/BymERtQj7qMT9IC6pztmngx5zsscjmvRstnlCo0/?igshid=137t3mq1x8te4

[lakaypress]

iciHaïti - Littérature : L'écrivaine haïtienne Yanick Lahens finaliste du Goncourt de la Nouvelle 2019

iciHaïti – Littérature : L’écrivaine haïtienne Yanick Lahens finaliste du Goncourt de la Nouvelle 2019

iciHaïti – Littérature : L’écrivaine haïtienne Yanick Lahens finaliste du Goncourt de la Nouvelle 2019 03/04/2019 09:34:02

Mardi, l’Académie Goncourt a dévoilé le nom des finalistes du Goncourt du Premier Roman et du Goncourt de la Nouvelle, des Prix qui seront décerné le 7 mai 2019.

Finalistes du Goncourt de la Nouvelle 2019 :

Bonne nouvelle, l’écrivaine haïtienne Yanick Lahens avec son…

[whilereadingandwalking]

Moonbath by Yanick Lahens, translated by Emily Gogolak, is a well-written multigenerational story about a family living in rural Haiti. The story begins when married rich man Tertulien Mésidor falls hard for the barely-16-year-old Olmène, whose family was cruelly cheated by Mésidor’s ancestors, and decides he simply has to have her. Meanwhile, far into the future, a young girl lies on the beach, bloody, bruised, and ready to tell readers her story.

I’m a sucker for multi-generational stories, and this one feels so epic, and in just 200 pages! Lahens fits in a story of four generations from 1963 to nearly the present, all packed tightly into a web of Haitian history and the practice and beliefs of vodou. I recommend skipping the blurb so that the identity of the girl on the beach is a slow reveal rather than known going in. The characters are compelling and the language vivid. It’s a cruel, hopeful book packed tightly with narrative. I’m tempted now to read everything that Yanick Lahens has ever written.

Content warnings for sexual assault/rape (depicted), statuatory rape, domestic violence, mob violence.

Catch my full list of Haitian literature in translation recs!