The people of Port-au-Prince will forever measure their lives in two parts: before and after the earthquake. As the ground shook on the afternoon of January 12, buildings toppled and crumbled, crushing thousands. An estimated 200,000 people are dead, many of them still entombed in the rubble.
Advance Praise for Voices of Haiti, Premiering This Week at National Black Theatre Festival
Published July 28, 2011
WFDD radio station interviews Pulitzer Center grantee and poet Kwame Dawes on the premiere of "Voices of Haiti" at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, August 2 and 3. "Voices of Haiti" is a multimedia presentation featuring poetry from Dawes and photographs by Andre Lambertson, another Pulitzer Center grantee, who traveled to Haiti in the wake of the 2009 earthquake.
To listen to the full audio visit 88.5 WFDD.
More information on VOICES and the National Black Theatre Festival in "A Diverse Lineup" in the Winston Salem Journal.
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Erin received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and African literature and languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May of 2011 and joined the Pulitzer Center soon after.
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