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Conversations with Edwidge Danticat

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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 her expanding roles as fiction writer, essayist, memoirist, documentarian, young adult book author, editor, songwriter, cultural critic, and political commentator. Dating from her appearance on the literary scene at the age of twenty-five, the many interviews that she has granted attest to not only her productivity, but also her accessibility to scholars, teachers, writers, and journalists eager for knowledgeabout her vision. Included in this volume are interviews that range from 2000, covering the publication of her debut work of fiction, Breath, Eyes, Memory, to a personal interview conducted with the volume editor in 2016. In that conversation, which appears for the first time as part of this collection, Danticat provides insight intolittle-known aspects of her life, art, and politics. Her candid interviews carry out a careful stripping away of preconceived notions of Danticat, disclosing the private and public life of a first-class writer and intellectual whose countless achievements have assured her an enduring place within contemporary world letters.

Author Biography:

Maxine Lavon Montgomery, Tallahassee, Florida, is professor of English at Florida State University, where she teaches courses in Africana, American multi-ethnic, and women’s literature. Her articles have appeared in scholarly journals such as African American Review, South Carolina Review, College Language Association Journal, Literary Griot, and the Journal of Black Studies. She is also editor of Conversations with Gloria Naylor.
Release date Australia
July 30th, 2017
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributor
  • Edited by Maxine Lavon Montgomery
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9781496812551
Product ID
26250906

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