Mervyn Solomon introduces the program, which is held at Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant in south Miami Beach, and then introductes Joanne Hyppolite, Haiti-born Floridian award-winning novelist and children's book author. Hyppolite reads from Seth and Samona, her children's novel about a Haitian-American boy and his relationship with a lively African-American girl. She introduces it in both English and Haitian Creole. Seth has to attend a wake for a relative who has passed away. Mervyn Solomon introduces St. Kitts-born Miami poet and editor Cin D Quashie. Quashie reads/sings her poems "Express," "Black Like Me," and "Sometimes I Wish My Lady Would Cuss." Mervyn Solomon (occasionally drowned out by laughter) introduces Haitian/New York poet Guichard Cadet, who reads his poems "Holidays," "Poetic Intrusion," "Seamen of the Unholy," and "A Mother's Pain." Mervyn Solomon introduces Haitian novelist, poet and professor Myriam Chancy, who reads a chapter from her novel in progress (which she calls All For You), about the feelings of three siblings in their early twenties who are coming to terms with their identity through the death of their grandmother. The section she reads is from the grandmother's perspective. Mervyn Solomon introduces Jamaica-born New Yorker Sheryl Byfield, who reads the prologue from a novel in progress, Duppy Conqueror. Mervyn Solomon introduces Haiti-born Boston poet and translator Danielle Georges, who reads her poems "Another Ode to Salt," a poem about the woman ruler of the Guacanagaric region of pre-Columbian Haiti (spelling not certain: "Anna Kounta"?), "As Star's Clear Sight," "Rice to Water," "At the Basketball Hall of Fame," "Calliope's Revenge," and "How To Kiss." Mervyn Solomon introduces Bahamian author Obediah Smith, who reads his poetry: "Distant Sea," "Caribbean Dance," "Rats," "One Flew," "1812," "Instrument," "Contained," "Separated," "Conflict," "Act 22," "Act 24," "New Clown in Memphis," "Start from Blues," "Bailing," "Aphrodisiac," and "Bizarre Beds." Smith also reads: "Montegue Bay," "He Loves Me Not," "Reflected in Their Faces," "Relief," "Plagiarism," "Evening Song," "Romances," "One," "Without Clearing Customs," "Primitive Delight," "Clean Edges," "Thunder," "A Bit of Bitter Wine," "They Thieve My Soul," "Aquafresh," "Crack of Life," and "Wax Paper People."