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Every year, we fill Santa sleigh with a mountain of gifts. We create a list and check it multiple times to make sure we award a gift to all friends and family members who have not been naughty, but nice throughout the year....
By Ardain Isma
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This is the one of the best times of the year, and it’s been a great year so far. There’s no need to enumerate….The past few months have also been quite hectic. Promoting Midnight has taken its toll. I have...
By Ardain Isma
CSMS Magazine
Hello friends, I feel I have to clarify on the status of Midnight. The novel is not THE best book of the year. It is rather among the best books of the year. Of course Amazon is in the business to make money. Books with...
CSMS Magazine Staff Writers
Ever since the release of Midnight at Noon, this gut wrenching novel, Ardain Isma has been one of the busiest men alive. He is in the north and south and east and west. He posted a message on his Facebook page last weekend...
A Review By Patrick Sylvain
Special to CSMS Magazine
Red & Black in Haiti, By Matthew J. Smith (University of North Press, 2009, 278)
“Shifts in historical interpretation are not the invention of one person. The work of unrelated scholars builds...
She is like a beauty from ancient times
An imaginary queen but yet real
How I love to gaze at her beauty
Her walnut eyes bring forth my soul
Her small pink lips make me wonder
Her smile melts my heart
Her ebony skin is like silk, tempting to touch
She...
By Maryse Isma
CSMS Magazine
It’s been some time since the last time I picked up my pen, sitting down to write up a piece for CSMS Magazine. Since the release of Midnight at Noon, I have been busy working on projects relating to my field of study: Sociology....
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This Sunday, the Saint Augustine Record will feature Midnight plus an interview with Dr. Ardain Isma. Next month, important interviews with several NPR affiliated stations have been scheduled, including Savannah, Atlanta, and some affiliates...
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Writer Ardain Isma takes his latest novel, “Midnight at Noon” on the road. He has just been back from Atlanta for an impressive literary/speaking engagement. This week Thursday, he’ll be at the UNF bookstore for a book...
By Ardain Isma
CSMS Magazine
Poetry can shake soul in many ways. It can tenderize it, enflame it, or even move the fibers hidden down the deepest end of the heart. Saint Louis du Nord Devan Dèyè or Saint Louis du Nord Inside Out is an intriguing and...