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Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

Sep. 11, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of her early years as child immigrant in Brooklyn to reportage of recent events like the assassination of a president back in her...

Cartoonist Roz Chast to be honored at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which runs from Sept. 22-30

Jul. 24, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this September's Brooklyn Book Festival, for years one of the literary world's most anticipated gatherings. Others expected range from poets Jenny Xie and Terrance Hayes to...