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The Butterfly's Way:Voices From the Haitian Dyaspora In the United States
[Paperback - 2003]
edwidge danticat
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Category: Sociology
Sub-category: Sociology
Additional Category: Law
Publisher: Soho Press | ISBN: 9781569472187 | Pages: 304
Shipping Weight: .408 | Dimensions: 5.49 x .73 x 8.23 inches

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In five sections—Childhood, Migration, Half/First Generation, Return, and Future—the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their dyaspora, much like a butterfly's fluctuating path, is a shifting landscape in which there is much travel between two worlds, between their place of origin and their adopted land.

This compilation of essays and poetry brings together Haitian-Americans of different generations and backgrounds, linking the voices for whom English is a first language and others whose dreams will always be in French and Kreyòl. Community activists, scholars, visual artists and filmmakers join renowned journalists, poets, novelists and memoirists to produce a poignant portrayal of lives in transition.

Edwidge Danticat, in her powerful introduction, pays tribute to Jean Dominique, a sometime participant in the Haitian dyaspora and a recent martyr to Haiti's troubled politics, and the many members of the dyaspora who refused to be silenced. Their stories confidently and passionately illustrate the joys and heartaches, hopes and aspirations of a relatively new group of immigrants belonging to two countries that have each at times maligned and embraced them.

About the Author

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, includingBreath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection;Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; andThe Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor ofThe Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United StatesandThe Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures.Danticat earned a degree in French Literature from Barnard College, where she won the 1995 Woman of Achievement Award, and later an MFA from Brown University. She lives in Miami with her husband and daughters.

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