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Wilkine Brutus

@wilkinebrutus.bsky.social
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Journalist at WLRN, Miami's NPR station | Founder: Maps and Diaries, a documentary platform | Former expat in South Korea | 🇭🇹🇺🇸

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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
My interview with author Scott Eyman on his new book “Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face,” as he peels back the layers of the legend to reveal a woman's contradictions, generosity, and mystery. #tcmparty #joancrawford #mildredpierce www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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Unmasking Joan Crawford: New book reveals survival, ambition behind Hollywood icon
For nearly five decades, Joan Crawford captivated audiences on the big screen. A new book by West Palm Beach native and author Scott Eyman, being presented at the Miami Book Fair this week, spotlights...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🎤 A Boat, A Voyage: 5 ways to interview loved ones 📅 Sept. 3 | 6:30 PM sharp 📍 Mandel Public Library, West Palm Beach Join Wilkine Brutus for a fun, FREE, hands-on 1-hour workshop and learn how to capture your family history for generations to come. 💬 Comment “preserve voices” to save your spot!
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Larenz Tate and journalist Wilkine Brutus discuss the cultural power of Love Jones, the iconic 1997 romantic dramedy starring Tate and Nia Long, and its enduring soundtrack. #lovejones was celebrated at the 29th American Black Film Festival this year in Miami. Have you seen the film Love Jones?
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
SPECIAL🇭🇹 ANNOUNCEMENT: My “A Boat A Voyage: Haitian Refugee Story” podcast is on tour! Join me for my speech and Q&A at three libraries across Palm Beach County: Wellington Branch: Mon, May 05, 6:30 pm Lantana Branch: Sat, May 10, 2:00 pm West Boca Branch: Fri, May 23, 2:00pm #haitian #podcast
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Creole Pig: Haiti’s Great Loss 🐖 This WLRN and PBS doc, directed by Haitian-born filmmaker Dudley Alexis, uncovers the story of the Creole pig — a cornerstone of rural Haitian life and economy. In this clip, Haitian artist Edouard Duval Carrie gives his perspective. Full film is on YouTube
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I explore the power of Black art and fashion at FLAVARS’s LOGIN event in the Norton Museum of Art, April 18th at 5pm: Looking forward to interviewing designers David Castro of Dungeon Forward and wardobe stylist Countess Brown #palmbeachcounty #westpalmbeach #blackart #blackfashion #art #fashion
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My national story on NPR: Miami's Haitian community is hoping a lawsuit can postpone the return of many in the community to a country still roiling from violence. Florida's Haitian population reckons with losing temporary legal status. #immigration www.npr.org/2025/03/29/n...
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Florida's Haitian population reckons with losing temporary legal status
Miami's Haitian community is hoping a lawsuit can postpone the return of many in the community to a country still roiling from violence.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
NEW investigation from Wilkine Brutus and Danny Rivero With local, state, and federal powers aligned in Florida, many worry that closer ties between local officials and ICE could erode trust in law enforcement: keeping communities safe could become more difficult. www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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Florida leads nation with nearly 100 police partnerships with ICE to deport undocumented
Florida has the majority of police departments supporting the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, WLRN has found. But, as fear spreads among immigrants of various legal statuses, many wor...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“Art can save your life, but entertainment will never be your salvation. Entertainment, by and large, is escapism And no one has ever escaped their chains by forgetting they were shackled.” -Josh Johnson #Thoughts
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
NEW from me: Father Reggie, a prominent Haitian priest, notes that the church pews for service were nearly empty — immigrants are hiding in fear of President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation plan. LISTEN/READ via WLRN, South Florida’s NPR station. #immigration www.wlrn.org/government-p...
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'A dictatorship of indifference': Haitian priest outraged over treatment of immigrants
Father Reginald Jean-Mary has been a priest and pastor at Notre Dame D'Haiti Catholic Church in Little Haiti, Miami, for 25 years. He says his many immigrant parishioners are in fear of President Trum...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach will feature art, live music, and an engaging panel discussion moderated by Wilkine Brutus. Produced and Hosted by @flavar.co www.eventbrite.com/e/say-it-lou... #blackhistorymonth #fy #wilkinebrutus #art #boyntonbeach
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach on February 16th will feature an art exhibition, live music, and powerful panel. Come kick it with us! #blackhistorymonth #art #fy
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Say It Loud event in Boynton Beach on February 16th will feature an art exhibition, live music, and powerful panel. Come kick it with us! #blackhistorymonth #art #fy
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
How people are responding to the Luka trade to the Lakers is how I’m responding to the U.S. tariffs: Shocked and confused.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
NEW from me: A new $31 million, art-wrapped library is opening in Boynton Beach — serving as a cultural and meeting hub in one of the county’s fastest growing communities. #florida #books www.wlrn.org/development/...
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New art-wrapped $30 million library in Boynton Beach can be a 'pillar of the community'
The 33,000-square foot Canyon Branch Library will bring meeting spaces, a podcast studio, a creative lab, Palm Beach County's first drive-up service window, a $370,000 art installation — along with 13...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift
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‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
If you’re Haitian, you know that New Year, 2025, doesn’t officially begin without #soupjoumou 😂🇭🇹
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
NEW from me: Florida’s condo crisis is not only affecting older residents on fixed incomes, but also young professionals in Palm Beach County who are feeling financial strain, weighing up whether they can afford to stay in their units or forced to sell. #housing www.wlrn.org/development/...
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'We were happy': Young owner is among those forced to sell as South Florida condo crisis bites
As owners across South Florida feel the squeeze with the looming Dec. 31 deadline for reserves, a young Palm Beach County firefighter says he faces a tough decision: to stay in his unit or or sell it ...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Random reminder: Uncommunicated expectations leads to unmet expectations that can result in unresolved resentment.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
THREAD: The late Nikki Giovanni was my first big interview. In 2010, as an English professor at Virginia Tech, Giovanni took a chance on me — a Black YouTuber and amateur blogger living in South Korea. She was nice, authentic & straight-forward. Her answers to some questions:
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
NEW from me: A $500,000 investment is boosting the momentum for a Black history museum and research center in West Palm Beach’s historic Coleman Park neighborhood. #westpalmbeach #education www.wlrn.org/development/...
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$500,000 grant boosts Black history museum project, revitalization in West Palm Beach community
New investment is flowing toward a new Black history museum in the historic Coleman Park neighborhood in West Palm Beach — part of an effort to revitalize the community.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NEW from me: An interactive mural featuring two soccer icons in Miami’s Overtown district is taking people through an augmented reality experience — and connecting them to the historically Black neighborhood's culture. #soulbasel #artbasel #miamiartweek www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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Interactive soccer mural in Miami’s historic Overtown fuses art with tech - and Black history
Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, an interactive soccer mural during Miami Art Week has fused art with tech and the history of Overtown, Miami's historically Black neighborhood.
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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. #BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
NEW from me: A traveling exhibition highlighting thousands of years of Native American art is making its way to the Town of Palm Beach, aiming to “reflect our nation's complex history,” says curator Chelsea Herr. #Thanksgiving #nativeamerican #indigenous www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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‘Not relics of the past' —Traveling Native American art exhibition arrives to Palm Beach
A traveling exhibition representing thousands of years of Native American art is making a stop to Palm Beach County, challenging and reflecting on the nation's complex history during Thanksgiving.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
NEW from me: An upcoming film, Know Me: A True Life Drama by Miami native filmmaker and actor Edson Jean, examines the media's sensationalized “bath salts” coverage of the infamous 2012 face-eating attack. www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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New film tells story behind Miami face-chewing attack — and its untold impact on Haitian community
‘Know Me: A True Life Drama’ is a fictionalized account of the infamous 2012 incident, by Miami native filmmaker Edson Jean. The upcoming film spotlights the attacker's struggles with mental health an...
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Sam Ragland (she/her) @samragland.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
EOY post to self (and maybe others): ☝️Tiny betrayals of purpose contribute to chronic stress which leads to burnout. ✌️Burnout has unique dimensions. 👉 Recommit to your purpose by setting boundaries, reducing access, basking in wins and treating rest as the human right that it is.
Graphic illustration shows the hazards of journalism as yellow signage. These hazards contribute to personal betrayals of purpose, shown in a matchbox in the bottom right, which catches fire causing burnout as shown in a cloud of cynicism, exhaustion and ineffectiveness. To the left is a “toolkit” for workplace well-being, which includes a kaleidoscope to shift your perspective, a mirror to model healthy behaviors, a dictionary to have the right language and a ruler to measure success — all of which contributes to the fire extinguisher, which blows out the burnout. Illustration by artist Tina Marshall in Atlanta was designed to capture the conversations and feelings in the room during API’s Local News Summit on Mental Health and Sustainability in Oct. 2023.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Florida education leaders are fighting a lawsuit from six publishers, The Authors Guild, five authors, and two parents, claiming a 2023 state law violates First Amendment rights. The state argues that public-school library book selection is “government speech” and exempt from the First Amendment.👀
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos 2.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hey! I’m just re-introducing myself on here. I’m a Multimedia journalist based in South Florida, covering current affairs, arts and culture. I’m goofy and stoic, so look out for my shenanigans and thought-provoking musings. lol OneLove🇭🇹
Hey! I’m just re-introducing myself on here. I’m a Multimedia journalist based in South Florida, covering current affairs, arts and culture. 

I’m goofy and stoic, so look out for my shenanigans and thought-provoking musings. lol OneLove🇭🇹
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
When you’re wondering if people heard your stomach growling the entire time on stage. 😂🥘🍜🍛🍝🍳🥗🧇🍦 #food
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
In-person conversations! Civic dialogue surrounding polarizing topics doesn’t have to be so difficult. My common approach: splash it with humility, humor, and human dignity. And be intentional — actively listen, call out logical fallacies, and give historical context. #news #media #journalism
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Check out my appearance on @npr.org ’s “Its Been A Minute.” In this episode, host Brittany Luse lands in Florida to debate me, representing WLRN, and Miami Herald’s C. Isaiah Smalls II about the most influential people and things from a our state. #npr #culture www.npr.org/2024/09/24/1...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Build a world with me #books #literature
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Shortly after #donaldtrump victory speech in West Palm Beach, around 3am, a Christian choir began singing popular hymns. They hugged, prayed— it was an uncanny juxtaposition between religion and politics. It felt like spiritual team sports amid a divided America. open.spotify.com/episode/4I4O...
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Keeping you updated for #election2024  in South Florida Donald Trump is scheduled to have his watch party here in West Palm Beach — only credentialed people can get in. Both candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are vying for 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
A Haitian Florida man connects with the Eritrean & Ethiopian diaspora art in Toronto, Canada, with @curls_n_tings — an Eritrean-Yemeni educator and lifestyle vlogger. Moments during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, the all-night art festival. Art by @wintanaglobal #eritrean #ethiopian #culture #toronto
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
As news spreads of John Amos' death, here is my column of appreciation for the Emmy-nominated star of Good Times and Roots, whose work taught me about being -- and having -- a strong father in the home. loom.ly/HHKei7M
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NPR @npr.org · 14/10/2024
Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfully reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.
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In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life
Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
NEW from me: From Oscar-winner Moonlight to hit series Dexter...what happened to Florida’s film industry? Florida’s lagging #film industry was once ranked 3rd in the nation — I explain the talent exodus + why some productions are bucking the trend. #florida www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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Can Florida’s lagging film industry attract big-budget movies and TV again?
Production companies and film commissions say they are finding their way in Florida, despite a lack of a state incentive program which has kept shoots and talent away.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
NEW from me: As the population grows in Downtown West Palm Beach, people are getting to know their neighbors in “third places” — thanks to a successful community engagement program aimed at repurposing public spaces. Favorite third place? #thirdplace #westpalmbeach www.wlrn.org/arts-culture...
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Why 'third places' in West Palm Beach spark community connections
A community engagement program in Downtown West Palm Beach aimed at repurposing spaces between buildings has spawned interest into
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
Tomorrow, I will appear on NPR’s Morning Edition national show to talk about the situation in Haiti, reactions from Florida, and proposed solutions from leaders. For the 5am-9am show, interview airing around 5:30am. Early morning folks, tune in. #haiti #npr #florida #miami
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 23/05/2023
What an absolute joy to moderate the talkback with the powerful cast alongside Edwidge Danticat for “Create Dangerously” — the play by Lileana Blain-Cruz is based on Edwidge Danticat’s memoir and collection of essays, “Create Dangerously: an immigrant artist at work.”
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Shayne 👩🏻‍💻 @shayne.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Oh I forgot one more JOC. Say hello to @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social!
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Quick reminder: You can’t talk about the inconvenient truths surrounding the dangers of AI, the biases in the large data models, the potential negative impacts on society, etc… without mentioning years of work to address these concerns by Timnit Gebru
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
NEW: A public library director in Palm Beach County worries that libraries outside of the district's school system may become the next target of conservative movements seeking to ban #books deemed inappropriate for children. www.wlrn.org/education/2023-04-28/l…
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Will politics escalate the censorship of books in South Florida's public libraries too?
Florida is second in the nation in school book censorship. The director of a library in Palm Beach County is concerned that public libraries could start facing the same challenges.
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 02/05/2023
If you’re in Miami on May 21st, join me and prolific writer Edwidge Danticat at Miami New Drama as we discuss a play written by Lileana Blain-Cruz, based on Danticat’s book of essays, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. #miami #books
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Matt Adams @mattadams.bsky.social · 03/05/2023
watch succession? we’ve been living it over the past month
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Ok…still getting used to Bluesky. A skeet is basically a combination of “sky” and “tweet.” Gotcha! But now I can’t get Lil Jon’s “all skeet-skeet, goddamn” lyrics out of my head😂
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Wilkine Brutus @wilkinebrutus.bsky.social · 02/05/2023
If you’re in Miami on May 21st, join me and prolific writer Edwidge Danticat at Miami New Drama as we discuss a play written by Lileana Blain-Cruz, based on Danticat’s book of essays, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. #miami #books
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