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Conversations with Edwidge Danticat
PreviewMaxine Lavon Montgomery / 2016 Conducted February 2016. Published with permission by Edwidge Danticat. Long before I had the honor of meeting Edwidge Danticat years ago at a campus lecture where she read from her 2013 novel, ...
The Dew Breaker
Edwidge DanticatIt firmly establishes her as one of America’s most essential writers. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light.
Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge DanticatEmbracing the magic and heartbreak of ordinary life, it is Edwidge Danticat’s most spellbinding, astonishing book yet. This edition includes a reading group guide.
Eight Days
Edwidge DanticatFrom National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imagination--a powerful tribute to Haiti and children around the world!
Conversations with Edwidge Danticat
PreviewThis volume sheds a much-needed light on Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969) and her ability to depict timely issues in sparkling prose that delves deep into the borderlands, an uncharted in-between space located outside fixed geographic, cultural, ...
Edwidge Danticat: A Reader's Guide
PreviewBreath, Eyes, Memory (1994), the novel born from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood in Haiti and immigration to New York City, was one of the great literary debuts of recent times, marking the emergence of an impressive talent in addition to ...
First Person Fiction: Behind the Mountains
Edwidge DanticatFirst Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. In "Behind the Mountains" Edwidge Danticat tells the story of Celiane and her family's struggles in Haiti and New York.
The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the ...
Edwidge DanticatVoices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States Edwidge Danticat. These hounforts These prayer houses These universities These art houses Conceived by our genius Where hope never dies. Dyaspora Joanne Hyppolite When you are ...
Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge DanticatIn prose that shimmers with folkloric imagery, Danticat intertwines their stories to reveal a deep connection between locals of distinct classes and creeds.
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge DanticatHis brother, Mira, will soon join him in death, but not before he holds hope in his arms: Edwidge's firstborn, who will bear his name - and the family's stories, both joyous and tragic - into the next generation.Told with tremendous feeling ...
Krik? Krak!
Edwidge DanticatSpare, elegant and moving, these stories cohere into a superb collection.
After The Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti
Edwidge DanticatPart travelogue, part memoir, this is a lyrical narrative of a writer rediscovering her country along with a part of herself.
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
Edwidge DanticatWith stirring illustrations, this tender tale shows the human side of immigration and imprisonment—and shows how every child has the power to make a difference.
Literature of Developing Nations for Students: Presenting ...
Elizabeth BellalounaEdwidge Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the same year that Joanne Hyppolite was born. Her collection of short stories about Haitians and Haitian- Americans, titled Krik? Krakl, was published the same year as Seth and Samona ...
100 Most Popular African American Authors: Biographical ...
Bernard Alger DrewProvides information about the lives and literary careers of one hundred popular African American authors, including Maya Angelou, Edwidge Danticat, Alex Haley, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers.
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