Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

I'll learn how to rest, though. I can still learn new tricks.

I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write.

The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.

I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.