Authors Edwidge Danticat, Marc Lamont Hill, Morgan Jerkins and Peniel Joseph discussed the social responsibilities of Black writers. The National Black Writers Conference sponsored this even…
217 viewsBook TV presented coverage of the 71st annual National Book Awards. This virtual event was hosted by the National Book Foundation.
348 viewsEdwidge Danticat talked about her book The Art of Death, in which she looks at how writers approach the subject of death. She spoke at the 2017 Miami Book Fair.
1,061 viewsPanelists talked about politics and literature. Panelists included Edwidge Danticat, author of Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work; author Charles Johnson; and Victoria Chevalie…
791 viewsAuthor Edwidge Danticat talked about the book she co-authored, So Spoke the Earth: The Haiti I Knew, the Haiti I Know, the Haiti I Want to Know, a multilingual anthology of literature about …
253 viewsEdwidge Danticat talked about her book Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work (Princeton University Press). She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. She was …
634 viewsAuthors talked about their books about the immigrant experience. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Carlos Erie is the author of Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions …
460 viewsEdwidge Danticat talked about her book Brother, I’m Dying, published by Knopf. The book tells the story of her uncle Joseph, a Baptist minister who took care of her as a child in Haiti. Jose…
864 viewsEdwidge Danticat talked about her book Brother, I’m Dying, published by Knopf. The book tells the story of her uncle Joseph, a Baptist minister who took care of her as a child in Haiti. Jose…
652 viewsA discussion was held on the relationship between literature and politics with authors Edwidge Danticat, Dave Eggers, Cynthia Ozick, and Orhan Pamuk. The authors explained an author’s role w…
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