In El Batey, My Father’s Foot Lit a Fire

Abstract

First published in The Caribbean Writer Volume 31 New Vistas: An Evolving Caribbean (2017): 91-93. “In El Batey, My Father's Foot Lit a Fire” is inspired by Juan Bosch's short story “Luis Pie,” narrated from the perspective of Luis Pie's son.

Keywords

• Caribbean Literature
• Haiti
• Migration Studies
• Dominican Literature
• República Dominicana
• Haitian-Dominican Relations