Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Saturdays, 12-1:30p, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7, & 6/14
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.

Tuesdays, 7-8:30p, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, & 6/10
On Zoom

The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic--revised and with a new introduction by the author, and including extensive bonus materials

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.

Azuei
Film Screening & Panel
Saturday, June 21, 2025
The Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse

Azuei is not a project, but a multidisciplinary movement whose mission is to build bridges between the two republics of the island by bringing artists together to create. The Kiskey’ART tour was the first opportunity to share these creations in a short period of time, on both sides of the border. For almost a month, musicians, painters, and filmmakers crossed the border several times to meet with communities. The tour was an opportunity to introduce the public to the music on the Azuei collective’s first album, ArtYBonito.

From Santo Domingo to Anse à Pitre and Pedernales in the south, Santiago and Cap Haïtien in the north, as well as several other communities, the artists of the Azuei collective sowed musical notes, graffiti, and, above all, a lot of love with students from both countries in artistic workshops. Despite some unfortunate incidents at the border or with the security forces, we are once again convinced that the desire for conviviality and solidarity between our peoples is very much alive. This movie is a documentary portrait of the memorable island tour.

Directed and edited by: Jean Jean and Rachele Magloire, 2023
Production: Azuei et Fokal and the European Union
Running time: 80 minutes

Village Weavers by Myriam J. A. Chancy
Saturdays 12-130p: 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, & 7/26
Bronx River Community Garden, 180th St. & Devoe Ave.

Tuesdays 7-830p: 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, & 7/22
Zoom

Myriam J. A. Chancy in conversation
Saturday, 7/19/2025
Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd.

In 1940s’ Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship—until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After François Duvalier’s rule turns deadly in the 1950s, Sisi moves to Paris, while Gertie marries into a wealthy Dominican family. Across decades and continents, through personal success and failures, they are parted and reunited, slowly learning the truth of their singular relationship.

Myriam J. A. Chancy is the author most recently of the novel Village Weavers (Tin House), a Time Best Book of April 2024. Her work has received multiple awards including an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Guyana Prize in Literature, a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Gold Prize, and the Isis Duarte Book Prize. She is a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and HBA Chair of the Humanities at Scripps College in California.

Sweet Undoings
by Yanick Lahens (Author), Kaiama L. Glover (Translator)
Saturdays, 12-130p: 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, & 8/30
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, 100 W Mosholu Parkway S., The Bronx

Tuesdays, 7-830p: 8/5, 8/12, 8/29, & 8/26
Zoom

Drawing its power from the bowels of the city, Sweet Undoings moves with a rapid, electric syncopation, gradually and tenderly revealing the richness of the lives within. This is a slow-burning and empathic work in which Lahens occasionally shifts the book from third person to first for a passage or two, creating a sense of these disparate lives overlapping unexpectedly. Sweet Undoings is a book in which violence is never far away, but there’s also room for hard-earned epiphanies.

Pages II Poses
8/30 or 8/31, Location tbd

Pages II Poses is an immersive experience that builds a connection between literature and yoga movement. This session welcomes individuals of all ages and physical abilities, requiring no prior experience in yoga.

(S)kin by Ibi Zoboi
Saturdays, 12-130p: 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, & 10/4
Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse, The Bronx

Tuesdays, 7-830p: 9/9. 9/16, 9/23, & 9/30
Zoom

Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor and a newly minted older half sister of twins. The girls soon discover that the very skin keeping their flames locked beneath the surface may be more explosive to the relationships around them than any ancient magic.

Mosaic Literary Conference: Sak Pasé Haiti
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Location tbd

The Mosaic Literary Conference fosters a collaborative space for individuals interested in literature, education, and the arts. MLC plays a crucial role in promoting creative thinking and knowledge sharing within the community. By inviting educators, community and arts organizations, as well as the general public, the conference facilitates a diverse and inclusive exchange of ideas.

Mosaic #45
November 2025
Mosaic is a literary print and virtual magazine that showcases the work of writers of African and Latinx descent. Each issue is curated by a respected guest editor, who selects a variety of works that represent the diversity of the African diaspora and themes featured during the Mosaic Literary Conference. The result is a collection of literature that is both captivating and thought-provoking.