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Madison Smartt Bell

Madison Smartt Bell, a novelist, is the author of Toussaint Louverture: A Biography (Pantheon).

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Beyond the Barricades: On Deb Olin Unferth (Autobiography and Memoir, Books and the Arts)

Dylan’s Mr. Jones was confused by revolution; the persona of Deb Olin Unferth’s memoir is nonchalant about it.

Madison Smartt Bell
Ghosting History (Racism and Discrimination, Fiction)

Heidi Durrow traces a young girl's harrowing plunge into racial identity.

Madison Smartt Bell
Permanent Exile: On Marie Vieux-Chauvet (Regions and Countries, Fiction)

In Love, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet explores the choking fear of life under "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

Madison Smartt Bell
The Lost Years: On Haiti (Regions and Countries)

The mutating tensions and alliances of postoccupation Haiti.

Madison Smartt Bell