Projects begin with an encounter and unfold over time. They often move between images and text, returning to what has been seen but not fully recognized.
The Woman in the Drawing
A developing project on Black women in European modernism, and the move from silence to voice.
A writing and listening gathering grounded in place. Daily practices attend to language and environment, opening new ways of working and being, in collaboration with David Rothenberg and Rosalind Brackenbury.
Uprooted: A Journey in Poems
A hybrid work of poems and images tracing memory and belonging. Published by Terra Nova Press.
Women’s Creativity and the Imaginaire of Gender: Inheriting the Future
An international colloquium at Université Bordeaux Montaigne marking the thirtieth anniversary of L’Équipe de Recherche Créativité et Imaginaire des Femmes (ERCIF).
Participation in a roundtable with Suzanne Solomon on form, feminism, and genre, engaging the work of exiled Haitian author Marie Vieux-Chauvet.
Public & Participatory Practice
Workshops and public gatherings that create shared space for reflection and voice.
Furious Flower Poetry Center, Visiting Guest Poet
An invited residency at the Furious Flower Poetry Center, the nation’s first academic center for Black poetry, based at James Madison University.
A public reading and recorded conversation, along with a classroom visit where students created photographic work in response to my poems.
A project reclaiming histories and forms of knowledge against narratives of loss. Developed with We Need Diverse Books.
The Claudette Pinede Memorial Scholarship opens pathways for young women in Haiti to pursue a university education while remaining in the country, and to contribute to its future, in partnership with Haitian Education & Leadership Program.