<p>In his debut English language collection, <strong>Patrick Sylvain</strong> brings forth an excavation of historical significance. In this magnificent chapbook of poems, Sylvain takes the reader on a contemporary exploration of Caribbean ' Haitian histories marred by man-made and natural disasters. From the undertow of the Atlantic Ocean to the rubbles of a catastrophic earthquake, each poem is a relic, bellowing &ldquo;ancestral tongues&rdquo; in an attempt to &ldquo;un-scab the past.&rdquo; This is a book for all generations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Sylvain</strong> is a poet, writer, social critic, and photographer. Published in several scholarly and creative anthologies, journals and reviews, including:<em> African American Review</em>, <em>Agni, Allegro Poetry Magazine, American Poetry Review, Anchor Magazine, Callaloo, Caribbean Writers</em>, <em>Transition</em>, <em>The Savannah Review</em>, <em>Dirty Chai</em>, <em>Ploughshares</em>, <em>SX Salon</em>, Vallum Contemporary Poetry, <em>Haiti Noir</em>,<em> International Journal of Language and Literature, Human Architecture, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse. </em>Sylvain was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry. His academic essays are anthologized in several edited collections, including: &ldquo;<em>The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development,</em>&rdquo; edited by Millery Polyn&eacute;; &ldquo;<em>Politics and Power in Haiti</em>,&rdquo; edited by Paul Sutton and Kate Quinn; and &ldquo;Haiti Noir&rdquo; edited by Edwidge Danticat.&nbsp; Sylvain received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, in Political Science and Social-Psychology, and earned his Ed.M. as a Conant Fellow from Harvard University Graduate School of Education; and was also a Robert Pinsky Global Fellow at Boston University Creative Writing Department where he earned his MFA. He has taught at several universities, including Brown (where is affiliated with Africana Studies), UMass/Boston (Anthropology) and Harvard (AAAS). Sylvain is pursuing a Ph.D. in English at Brandeis University where he is the Shirle Dorothy Robbins Creative Writing Prize Fellow.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>