From Haiti, a Powerful Story of Disaster and Connection
Posted on May 14, 2024
This Haitian Heritage Month, we’re glad to bring you a story about love and hope after devastation. Written in the immediate aftermath of the Haitian earthquake of 2010, Évelyne Trouillot’s “Primal Needs” introduces us to two characters who would typically be separated by many life circumstances—age, economics, social position—suddenly finding themselves trapped together in the earthquake’s wreckage. Their unlikely connection is the heart of the story.
