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Marie Lily Cerat (Haiti) is an educator and writer, and cofounder of the group Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees.  Cerat has published a West African folktale in 1997; a commentary for NPR as part of the 2001 Conference on Racism in South Africa; and two essays in the Ten Speed Press book Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti. She is a contributor to Haiti Liberté and at work on a novel, In the Light of Shooting Stars.

Nandi Keyi-Ogunlade (UK/Trinidad & Tobago) began her writing career as a journalist in Toronto. As a playwright, her work appeared in the Toronto Fringe, the Du Maurier Theater Series, the Inaugural Caribbean Regional Drama Festival and other prestigious stages. Her work was also anthologized in Beyond the Pale (Playwright's Union of Canada). Nandi's seminal essay "Still Shipwrecked on the Shores of My African Self," was published by the international peer review journal Changing English: Studies in Research and Culture (University of London & Taylor and Francis). Her work also appeared in special issues of New York's Daily News. Eventually, Nandi's dance with destiny placed her on the playgrounds of New York City, and in the homes of strangers taking care of their children. This experience inspired her ground-breaking debut novel - The True Nanny Diaries.

Rosalind Kilkenny McLymont (Guyana), executive editor of The Network Journal and a partner in the international business strategies firm McLymont, Kunda & Co., is the author of the award-winning Diasporan novel, Middle Ground (Beckham, 2006) and of Africa: Strictly Business, The Steady March to Prosperity (TNJ Books, 2009), a pioneering work that rebrands Africa. Rosalind is an alumna of New York University and the City College of New York, and holds a certificate in Spanish language and literature from the University of Madrid, Spain. She is a Tai Chi black belt and a licensed Zumba instructor.    

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Poets & Passion 5th Anniversary

Celebration of the Word

Story tellers, poets, novelists, and spoken words artists in an evening of letters, lyrics and Ol' Talk

Robert Antoni, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Merle Collins, Jacinth Henry-Martin, Marlon James, Anton Nimblett, Elizabeth Nunez, Ras Oosagyefo, Yolaine St. Fort, Everton Sylvester; Tiphanie Yanique

Sunday, June 12, 2011.  5:00pm

St. Francis College - Founders Hall

182 Remsen Street (between Clinton & Court Sts), Brooklyn, NY 11201 

$35.00, $55.00; $150.00

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