Happy Tuesday, Good People! Here are the book contracts that I’ve signed with four different academic publishers:

1. “Haiti in a Global Frame: An Intellectual History” (University Presss of Mississippi)

Status: I finished writing this manuscript two years ago, but was not pleased with the way I structured the manuscript and the topics that were part of my conversation. The book has eight chapters. Since I have radically restructured the manuscript, it will take me a year or two to finish the first draft.

In this book, I have three chapters on Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one on Toussaint, one on Haiti’s first Constitution, one on the concept of God in Haitian poetry, and two on contemporary Haitian women fiction. So half of the book is on the founder of the Haitian nation.

2. “For the sake of the world and for his people : An intellectual Biography of Jean Price-Mars” (Vanderbilt University Press)

Status: I finished writing this manuscript a year ago (July 2023) and sent it off to the publisher. I received good feedback from the editors and reviewers, and I am currently doing revisions. It is close to 600 pages.

This will be the first “intellectual biography” on Price-Mars in English. There are only two biographies on Price-Mars written in English, but they are not intellectual biographies in the sense of the word or concept.

3. “Apostle of Human Equality: An Intellectual Biography of Anténor Firmin” (SUNY Press)

Status: This book is halfway done. It is divided into six chapters. I have already written three of those chapters.

It will be the first intellectual biography in English on Firmin.

4. “Christ and the Lwa: Christian Theology and Haitian Vodou” (Orbis Books)

Status: This book is divided into seven chapters. I have written only one of the chapters and the rest is in my mind 😊

This will be the first monograph in the English language on this subject matter. This is the book I have always wanted to write✍️

5. “Christian Theology and Afro-Caribbean Religions: A Comparative Analysis” (pending book contract with one of my favorite academic presses. Willl let you know the name later)

Status:  This book contains six chapters. I wrote two of them, and the rest is in my big head 😊

This will be the first book in English on the subject matter. This is another book that I have always wanted to write.

Good People: If you see me disappear from social media engagement and if  I choose not to participate in future writing and academic commitments for a long time, you will have a sense of understanding of my justification. I need five to six years to finish writing all these books. In the meantime, I will keep writing poetry. lol