Haitian Dinner, Conversation, and Poetry Reading with Bertony Louis & Sony Ton- Aime: “Grave Tone: On Grief, Haiti, and the Making of a Poem
April 15, 2026 5:30 PM–7:00 PM
4919 Frew Street
College of Fine Arts Room 111
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
RSVP link: https://forms.gle/KHc7MbSb8JCUmeJa7
Poet Bertony Louis will explore how personal experience, grief, and the Haitian experience have shaped his poetic voice. He will share poems written here in
Pittsburgh, as well as selections from his poetry collection Recovering the Horizons.
Conversation and reflection will be facilitated by poet Sony Ton-Aime, executive director
of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures.
This event is free and open to the public, but capacity is limited. Please RSVP to join
CAS for an evening of poetry and delicious Haitian cuisine.
Co-sponsors:
The Humanities Scholars Program Diane and Bradford Smith Family
Fund, the Humanities Center, the Sustainability Initiative, the CMU Department of
Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics, The Center for Black European Studies
and the Atlantic, The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, and the Artists and
Scholars at Risk (ASAR) Program.
