Arts & Culture Nov 11, 2009
When Edwidge Danticat tells stories, she taps into a long-flowing stream of family storytellers. Her written passages, luminous and wise, summon the jagged landscapes of memories, strife and love that stretch out across her native Haiti. (The Palm Beach Post)
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a novelist capturing the essence of human endurance and renewal through characters inspired by experiences from her native Haiti (Edwidge Danticat). an ornithologist drawing from molecular biology, ecology, and paleontology to explore the development and evolution of birds (Richard Prum). (PNN Online)
24 get $500,000 MacArthur genius grants Sep 23, 2009
Edwidge Danticat, novelist. Rackstraw Downes, painter. (USA Today -- Tech)
Author Hopes 'genius Grant' Will Shine On Haiti Sep 23, 2009
(AP) Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat hopes her "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will bring attention to the wealth of talent struggling to be heard in her impoverished Caribbean homeland. The 40-year-old novelist and short story writer, who has won previous prizes for her depiction of the travails of Haitian migrants, was one of 24 artists, scientists, journalists and others named Tuesday as fellows by the Chicago-based organization. (CBS News -- World)
Photos: 24 New MacArthur Fellows Announced Sep 22, 2009
a novelist capturing the essence of human endurance and persistence through characters inspired by experiences from her native Haiti (Edwidge Danticat). an ornithologist drawing from molecular biology, material science, and behavioral analyses to explore the development and evolution of birds (Richard Prum). (PR Newswire)
Brooklyn fest: book it! Sep 10, 2009
Edwidge Danticat ( Brother, I m Dying ): A lot of my work is set in Haiti, then, second to that, Brooklyn ... Edwidge Danticat ( Brother, I m Dying ): A lot of my work is set in Haiti, then, second to that, Brooklyn. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Carter’s ‘Jericho Fall’ weaves tangled tale of former lovers, national security threat Aug 9, 2009
She is still an underachiever, but at least she reads Edwidge Danticat. When Ainsley summons her to the mountain retreat that he had bought 12 years earlier as a love nest for the two of them, she presumes it is merely to say goodbye. (Boston Globe)
Glimmer Train Inspiration and Dis... May 21, 2009
"All writing has a certain level of autobiography." (Edwidge Danticat). "That [period of reading] had a remarkable effect on me." (Robert Olen Butler). (Suite101.com)
Woody Harrelson, Salman Rushdie, Madonna Mar 28, 2009
Among the events, which will bring together 160 writers from 40 countries, is the Evolution/Revolution reading series on April 29, which will feature Edwidge Danticat, Salman Rushdie and Muriel Barbery, among other authors, reading in their original languages; an April 30 panel hosted by The New York Review of Books, "The Economic Crisis and How to Deal With It," including George Soros, Nouriel Roubini and Paul Krugman, the Nobel-winning columnist for The New York Times and the International... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
