About Daschielle Louis

Daschielle Louis is a Haitian American poet, writer, and graphic artist from South Florida: her work uses magical realism to examine blackness, womanhood, Haitian culture and migration. Daschielle’s poetry and short stories have appeared in spaces such as Token Magazine, Juked, Dear Damsel, Moko Magazine, Panku Literary and Arts Magazine, Rise Up Review, Transition Magazine at The Hutchins Center, Vagabond City Lit, and Wusgood Magazine. Her literary work is housed on her website, daschiellelouis.com.

Jericho Brown’s The Tradition, reviewed by Daschielle Louis

Daschielle Louis

The Tradition by Jericho Brown / Copper Canyon Press / 2019 / 978-1556594861 Soft. When a baby is born, we call their skin, their eyes, and the top of their heads soft. Soft hair. Soft baby. Hold this baby with the soft smile softly before they wail. Wail like they are triggered by a memory of a past unsoft life. Silence the baby with the bark black skin, once soft, … [Read more...]

Raena Shirali’s Gilt, reviewed by Daschielle Louis

Daschielle Louis

Gilt by Raena Shirali / YesYes Books / 978-1-936919-41-3 / 2017 I remember the conditioning well. Women teaching me the ways of being woman. Being clean. Most importantly, unseen. Gilt opens a window to gender ideologies embedded into the fabric of our society. Women teaching girls how to be a desirable wife. How to go with the flow. But that’s not all that Raena Shirali is … [Read more...]

Jericho Brown’s The Tradition, reviewed by Daschielle Louis

Raena Shirali’s Gilt, reviewed by Daschielle Louis

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