Haitian dance, Haitian drums, Haiti, Kreyol, criticizing capitalism and the Babylon system, riding the G train, coney island, fried plantains, sunsets, sunrises, the beach, the sea, the ocean, deserts, islands, Brooklyn, Flatbush, East Flatbush, my students, all my little sisters, good lovin'
jean-bertrand aristide, jean-paul sartre, wyclef jean, jean-jacque rousseau, jean baudrillard
Haitian music of all genres and rhythms but in particular Mizik Rasin, Konpa and Rara, RAM, Boukan Ginen, Bob Marley, Manu Chau, Wyclef Jean, Reaggaton, Son
happiness, jesus christ superstar, ghostdog, grease, sounds of music, movies that take place in New York, the harder they come, the constant gardener, life and debt, amandla!, annie hall, le monde sans pity, high fidelity, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the motorcycle diaries, fargo, time of the gypsies, arizona dream, meet the parents, brokeback mountain, match point, stand by me, the wizard of oz, do the right thing, y tu mama tambien, the celebration, dave chappelle's block party
I don't like anything I see on TV, but I watch it nonetheless. Oh, I abhor The Maury Show.
nervous conditions, the little prince, disgrace, catcher in the rye, on blindness (and everything else by Saramago), the unbearable lightness of being (and most other Kundera), living my life, catch 22, sheila levine is dead and is living in new york, the communist manifesto, momo, all that is solid melts into air, orientalism, things fall apart, anything by Paul Farmer
my maternal ancestors