Bourgeoisie?
“I need my memories. They are my documents.” I want to be like Louise Bourgeois when I grow up. At 96 years old and still working, bruised, battle-scarred Bourgeois is at once fragile and strong like the materials she uses to work: soft latex, fabrics, glass, wood, marble and metal. Provocative, emotionally intense, and very, […]
Le coeur entre les dents
Figure à la fois de l’homme révolté et du chercheur absolu de beauté, Kateb Yacine, imprégné de culture berbère, arabe et française est considéré aujourd’hui comme un des plus grands écrivains du siècle. Comme on se forge de nouvelles amitiés par l’intermediaire d’anciennes, je suis venue à Kateb Yacine parce qu’Anthony Phelps et Emile Ollivier […]
La Bataille d’Alger
“Cette guerre était une partie d’échecs, que ni les colonialistes ni les Algériens n’ont gagnée: c’est l’Histoire et la douleur qui l’ont emporté” — Yacef Saadi, ex-militant du FLN Alger, octobre 1957; les forces d’élite françaises entrent dans la Casbah et viennent s’emparer d’Ali La Pointe, le chef guérillero du Front de Libération Nationale. Dans […]
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.