{"product_id":"konbit-9780887487262","title":"Konbit","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems that capture a transformative and visionary way of life in Haiti.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonbit\u003c\/i\u003e is a Haitian Creole word, a way of living, for which there is no direct translation in the English language. It captures the communal life in Haiti and is used for every event where neighbors are called upon to help each other. These poems revolve around the Bois-Caïman ceremony (the first konbit) when enslaved people in Saint-Domingue vowed to fight for their independence. The ceremony is both real and a stand-in for climate change. Like our society, everything around enslaved people in Saint-Domingue was created to uphold the status quo. Imagining an alternative would have been seen as futile. Yet, they did. This collection is an attempt to do the same, to imagine a future beyond colonialism, imperialism, and climate catastrophe. With poems influenced by and in conversation with Tyehimba Jess, Natasha Trethewey, Derek Walcott, Shara McCallum, and Adrian Matejka, Sony Ton-Aime aims to provide a new language to articulate our common past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sony Ton-Aime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carnegie-Mellon University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.60w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887487262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSony Ton-Aime\u003c\/b\u003e is a Haitian poet, essayist, translator, and the executive director of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures. Previously, he served as the Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution. He is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eLaWomann\u003c\/i\u003e, the Haitian Creole translation of \u003ci\u003eOlympic Hero: The Lennox Kilgour's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, co-author of the Haitian Creole course on Duolingo, and co-founding editor of\u003ci\u003e ID13\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtful Dodge, Consequence Forum, Poets.org, Idaho Review, Hunger Mountain Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCleveland Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sony Ton-Aime \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792884154525,"sku":"9780887487262","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_be2a9f9b-11da-4ffb-b7f9-281bfc843270.jpg?v=1774984096","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/konbit-9780887487262","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}