Patrick Sylvain

Instructor of Haitian Language and Culture, Brown University

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Writer, essayist and poet, and Instructor of Haitian Language and Culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; author of the forthcoming book, Framing Violence within the Haitian Context

Patrick Sylvain on KCRW

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