Zell Visiting Writers Series: Edwidge Danticat

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 5:30pm

Literati is proud to be partnering with the Helen Zell Writers Program to host author Edwidge Danticat at the University of Michigan Art Museum Helmut Stern Auditorium.

Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah's Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; and the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker. She is the editor of The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States and The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures , Haiti Noir and Haiti Noir 2, and Best American Essays 2011. She has written six books for young adults and children-- Anac aona, Behind the Mountains, Eight Days, The Last Mapou, Mama's Nightingale, and Untwine--as well as a travel narrative, After the Dance, A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow.

Event address: 
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Books: 
Krik? Krak! By Edwidge Danticat Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781616957001
Availability: Usually Available in 2-5 Days
Published: Soho Press - December 15th, 2015

Breath, Eyes, Memory By Edwidge Danticat Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781616955021
Availability: Usually Available in 2-5 Days
Published: Soho Press - February 24th, 2015

My Mommy Medicine By Edwidge Danticat, Shannon Wright (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Edwidge Danticat, Shannon Wright (Illustrator)
$18.99
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ISBN: 9781250140913
Published: Roaring Brook Press - February 26th, 2019