Ayiti is a literary fiction book by author Roxane Gay.
Ayiti is a powerful collection that explores the Haitian diaspora experience. Originally published by a small newspaper, Gay’s first launch was widely available, including several new stories.
In Ayiti, a couple was looking to sail to America to prepare to leave their homeland.
A young woman purchases a voodoo love potion to trap a childhood classmate. A mother brought a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. A pregnant woman lives on the riverbank while fleeing a horrifying massacre, a daughter then moves to America for a new life but is forever haunted by the mysterious smell of blood.
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Ayiti
