Abstract
In this essay, Évelyne Trouillot reflects on home, history, and the ways her creative writing provides a space to explore the contradictions and bridge the gaps of the human experience particularly as it relates to Haiti and its diaspora. Trouillot is particularly concerned about retrieving stories erased, forgotten, or lost in the gaps of hegemonic histories, such as those of refugees and undocumented migrants. Trouillot discusses her creative process for her novels Absence without Borders (2013) and The Infamous Rosalie (2003) and for her play The Blue of the Island (2012). Trouillot’s quest to convey the humanity of marginalized characters is also about finding home—a place for radical equality—even if it is only in the imagination.
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