A review by jetaway
Ayiti by Roxane Gay

5.0

I was so grateful this short story collection didn’t have overlapping characters or something I had to keep track of throughout as I’m finding that method of short story writing to be tired. Of course, the through line was Haiti and the characters’ connection to their homelands. These stories were well-crafted and provocative. They made a statement about America’s relation to Haiti without beating you over the head with it. I’ve been wanting to read Roxane Gay for some time but this was my first time reading her work. Her sentences are so toned and poetic, I want to keep re-reading them. I’m very excited now to dive into her other work.