They Say Behind Mountains Are More Mountains.

The Whole History Between Haiti And The Dominican Republic Is Complicated. We Share The Island Of Hispaniola, And Haiti Occupied The Dominican Republic For Twenty-two Years After 1804 For Fear That The French And Spanish Would Come Back And Reinstitute Slavery. So We Have This Unique Situation Of Being Two Independent Nations On The Same Island, But With Each Community Having Its Own Grievance.

More And More People Are Able To Access Information - Thank Goodness We Have The Internet And If You Are Interested You Can Find Things. Which Is Different Than Even 20 Years Ago.

I'm Just Melancholy By Nature, And A Lot Of That Gets Into My Writing.

I Think It's Hard To Write A Book About Happiness Because Fiction Requires Tension And Complication.

Being A Shy Child, I Always Longed For A Mask. Even In My Adult Life, I Have Glasses, They Are My Mask.