Screen LibraryConversations with Edwidge Danticat /
"This 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, and ideological bounds. Prevalent throughout many inte...
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University Press of Mississippi,
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| Publisher Address: | Jackson, Mississippi : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Literary conversations series
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"This 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, and ideological bounds. Prevalent throughout many interviews here is Danticat's expressed determination not only to reveal Haitian immigrant experience, but also to make that nuanced culture and its vibrant traditions accessible to a wide audience. These interviews coincide with Edwidge Danticat's evolving artistic vision, her steady book publication, and |
| Item Description: | First printing 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 237 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index. |
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9781496812551 1496812557 9781496818409 1496818407 |
| Index Number: | PS3554 |
| CLC: | K837.125.6 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.6/D193 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Chronology -- Edwidge Danticat / Alexander Laurence, 2000 -- Edwidge Danticat / Robert Birnbaum, 2004 -- Splintered families, enduring connections : an interview with Edwidge Danticat / Katharine Capshaw Smith, 2005 -- An interview with Edwidge Danticat / E. Ethelbert Miller, 2007 -- Up close and personal : Edwidge Danticat on Haitian identity and the writer's life / Opal Palmer Adisa, 2009 -- An interview with Edwidge Danticat / Rose Marie Berger, 2010 -- Edwidge Danticat : the Create dangerously interview / Lloyd "Kam" Williams, 2010 -- Edwidge Danticat responds to the "Fiv |