Q&A Edwidge Danticat

摘要

While konpa music and colorful Haitian paintings have long attracted attention on the world cultural stage, American readers will be pleased to discover that Haiti also has a rich and lively literary tradtion. In Haiti Noirisee review, p. 94), award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat has collected 18 distinct voices that represent the flourishing contemporary scene in Haiti and in the Haitian diaspora in France, Canada, and the United States. In an email interview with LJ, Danticat discussed the genesis of this anthology and how last January's devastating earthquake affected her editorial choices.