Anna In-Between

Featuring brand-new stories by:Edwidge Danticat, Rodney Saint-Eloi, M.J. Fievre, Gary Victor, Kettly Mars, Evelyne Trouillot, Marvin Victor, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Josaphat-Robert Large, Marie Lily Cerat, Louis-Phillipe Dalembert, Madison Smartt Bell, Katia D. Ulysse, Nadine Pinede, Yanick Lahens, Mark Kurlansky, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, and Patrick Sylvain. "A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island . . . The 36th entry in Akashic's Noir series is beautifully edited, with a spectrum of voices."--Kirkus Reviews. From the introduction by Edwidge Danticat: "I began working on this anthology about a year before January 12, 2010, when Haiti was struck by its worst natural disaster in over two hundred years. The world knows now that more than two hundred thousand people died and over a million lost their homes in Haiti's capital and the surrounding cities of Leogane, Petit-Goave, and Jacmel. As I am writing these words, survivors remain huddled by the thousands in displacement camps, most shielding themselves from intermittent rain with nothing but wooden posts and bedsheets. Even before the earthquake, life was not easy in Haiti. There was always the risk of dying from hunger, an infectious disease, a natural disaster, or a crime. But there was also hope, laughter, and boundless creativity. Haitian creativity has always been one of the country's most identifiable survival traits. Whether expressed in vibrant and colorful paintings, double entendre-filled spiritual or party music, or the poignant, humorous, erotic, lyrical (and yes, also dark) short stories and novels of its writers, Haiti's more nuanced and complex face often comes across in its arts . . . I can honestly say that, in spite of the difficult circumstances in Haiti right now, I have never felt a greater sense of joy working on any collective project than I have on this book."