Haiti’s Struggle for Reforestation
Photography Exhibit: Haiti’s Struggle for Reforestation Photographs by Eric Anderson Presentation of Water Projects of FOKAL Performance of Konbit Rhythms of Poetry and Jazz Musicians Buyu Ambroise Bonga Jn-Baptiste with Michele Voltaire Marcelin This series of photographs reveals the severe deforestation in Haiti and the efforts of many farming cooperatives working towards reforestation. Brecht Forum […]
Vagina Monologues
With Jonathan Demme and Yele Haiti as Honorary Co-Chairs, in honor of Women’s History Month, Dwa Fanm invites you to a performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” by Eve Ensler. With: Carmen de Lavallade, Edwidge Danticat, Michele Marcelin, Marlie Hall, Nancy Herard, Linda Powell, Jocelyne Gay, Berlotte Israel, Deirdre Kingsbury… With a Haiti performance, April 3rd, […]
Performing in The Vagina Monologues
One of the pieces, performed by Marcelin, was "Hair", which begins: ‘You cannot love a vagina unless you love hair’ and deals with the dilemma of a woman whose husband insisted she shave her pubic hair. Her other monologue "Crooked Braid", is about the struggle of a Native American woman. Marcelin recounts a tale of […]
Sweet Sounds of Poetry and Music
at Solomon’s Porch: Spoken word performance immerses audience in words, rhythms and emotions by Tequila Minsky, in Heritagekonpa Magazine Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a renaissance artist. She paints. She is an actress — recently a reader in the performance of the Vagina Monologues at the Brooklyn Museum; her film credits include a role in […]
The man by the Shore
L’Homme sur les Quais We are in Haiti, at the beginning of the sixties under the terror regime of Papa Doc. Six-year old Sarah (Jennifer Zubar) observes a violent scene from the balcony of her parents’ house. Later, under the supervision of her father (François Latour), a military captain, her godfather Sorel (Patrick Rameau), is […]
defender la alegría
defender la alegría como una trinchera defenderla del escándalo y la rutina de la miseria y los miserables de las ausencias transitorias y las definitivas defender la alegría como un principio defenderla del pasmo y las pesadillas de los neutrales y de los neutrones de las dulces infamias y los graves diagnósticos defender la […]
pou danri
pawòl ou fe mwen mal tankou yon wòch galèt mwen dlololo mwen dlolanje m’kou yon madigra mal maske figi’m make majigridi kè mwen tounen kou lèt kaye rèv mwen vire devan dèyè mwen vinn tounen yon lamayòt 5 kòb pou wè 5 kòb pou ri ou fè m kriye pou gran mesi ou kase kè […]
Le Déluge
En 1955, cette terrible année de souffrance de 1955, tous ceux qui se désolaient de la sécheresse qui s’étendait sur le pays et étaient réduits à manger du tuf, puisque rien ne poussait plus dans ce pays de malheur, se seraient réjouis de voir pleurer ma mère. Le torrent de ses larmes aurait lissé la […]
Album Covers Exhibit at LIU
"I miss album covers. One of the huge reasons I loved albums was because of the cover art. And even though I bought records for the music, an album’s cover played a role that couldn’t be overlooked. In many cases the music was as astounding as the artwork, but sometimes, I bought albums just because […]
Haitian Films
DWA FANM invites you to Our Third Annual Voices of Women : Celebrating Haitian Women Filmmakers. An auction and film-festival to benefit Haitian women survivors of violence in Haiti and in the United States and presenting the work of more than 9 extraordinary women, their achievements, their vision and their use of film as language […]
Mensonge
Ils m’ont menti, ceux qui m’ont dit un jour je serais plus tranquille. Ils m’ont trompée. Rien ne meurt avec l’âge. Ni l’envie d’amour, ni celle des baisers. Et mon coeur fou me fait parfois oublier ce corps encombrant alourdi par les ans. Si facilement séduit pourtant, si passe de trop près, un homme aux […]
life
i will not die an unlived life i will not live in fear of falling or catching fire i choose to inhabit my days to allow my living to open me to make me less afraid more accessible to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise i choose to risk […]
rapjazz
zèklè zèl papiyon deklete lakataw madichon toutplimay peyizaj kokayin reveye lakansyèl kankannen dwètjouda k’ap fouye pwofondè teritwa lenvizib reveye lasirèn k’ap naje lan basen siwolin enposib reveye mètrèsdlo bèl fanm, bèl mèvey, bèl malè benyen malè penyen malè ponyen malè miyonnen malè reveye jwètmarèl potoprens kabouya kagoulaw kadejak pakalaw koutchoukoutchou koutchoukoutchou koutchoukoutchou koutchoukoutchou zoboppodop […]
since feelings is first…
since feeling is first, who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady, I swear by all flowers don’t cry; the best gesture of my brain is […]
bonbon fanm
zanj mete zèl nan yon pandri pou ti peche nan paradi se pandye kè moun pandye ki fè li bat pasi pala si -w pran lang mwen lanmou n’ bileng kenbe m’ devan nou kwadripèd lanmò jape lòm chache zo oslè kò nou fin kraze poud ti chen mouri pran sant kò nou an drivayèz […]
Peindre?
"Rien dans ma formation ne me prédisposait à la peinture. C’est elle qui m’a saisi au vol et m’a prise d’assaut. Je ne choisis pas mes thèmes; ils me choisissent. Parfois, c’est le passé qui revient comme fétiche, mais il y a aussi des incitations fortuites qui trouvent en moi un état de résonance approprié. […]
La Désenchantée
Extrait… J’ai rêvé de Lélian à la Tête de l’Eau. J’oublierai bien des choses et les choses m’oublieront, mais comment oublier l’amour de mes treize ans. Celui qui a bouleversé l’horloge de ma vie. J’ai la mémoire à fleur de peau. Traces de caresses ou de coups, ma peau ne garde aucun secret. Tout apparaît […]
Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.