SOIRÉE DE LANCEMENT DE LA COLLECTION POINTS POÉSIE

POINTS POETRY COLLECTION LAUNCH PARTY With Souleymane Diamanka, Louis-Philippe Dalembert & Alain Mabanckou “Souleymane Diamanka comes from the world of slam and hip-hop. […] Diamanka’s poetry champions orality, and in this, the poet has remained close to his Fulani roots: ‘I was lulled by the silent vocalizations of my ancestors […] If someone speaks to you with flames, answer them with water.’” Souleymane Diamanka rises to the ranks of those rare “romantic storytellers” at the crossroads of cultures: that of his country of birth, Senegal, and that of his adopted homeland, France, where his parents settled when he was four years old. To read Louis-Philippe Dalembert is to be in tune with the Word, the Word that comes from his ancestors on the African continent, the Word that liberated the people of Haiti from the chains of slavery and colonial atrocities, and whose essence he translates for us here. […] These Islands of Full Salt and Other Poems is a crucial work for understanding the oeuvre of the man who has become one of the leading voices in French-language literature from Haiti. Alain Mabanckou, Director of the Points Poetry Collection To read – Published by Points, “Poetry” collection in 2021: Souleymane Diamanka, Inhabitant of Nowhere, Originally from Everywhere – Louis-Philippe Dalembert, These Islands of Full Salt and Other Poems. Learn more: https://www.maisondelapoesieparis.com/