Resources From the Web
- Interview with Edwidge Danticat by E. Ethelbert Miller.Ethelbert Miller talks with Edwidge Danticat about her memoir, Brother, I’m Dying. In part this book deals with U.S. immigration law, and U.S.-Haitian relations.
- Jess Row, Haitian Father NYT Book ReviewJess Row provides a review of Danticat's book Brother, I'm Dying.
- New York Times: Highlights from the ArchivesThis site is devoted to Edwidge Danticat, and many of the issues that she raises in her work.
- Interview by Alexander LaurenceIn this interview, Danticat reflects on her homeland, Haiti and her role as a writer.
- Edwidge Danticat | FacebookOfficial facebook page of Edwidge Danticat.
- Edwidge Danticat: Voices From the Gaps: University of MinnesotaThis site provides biographic and bibliographic information, as well as secondary sources about Edwidge Danticat, and her work.
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Rita Dove Reads Her Poem "Parsley"
This poem is an excellent complement to Danticat's novel, The Farming of Bones.
- Rita Dove's Poem "Parsley" With ExplanationRita Dove reads and explains her poem "Parsley;" a poem about the 1937 Haitian Massacre in the Dominican Republic. This reading appeared on NPR in 2005 and the clip contains powerful images which helps tell the story of the massacre. The viewer is able read "Parsley" along with Dove as she provides a powerful interputation of the poem.
- Rita Dove Reading "Parsley"Rita Dove reads her poem "Parsley;" a poem published in her book, Museum: Poems. This poem recounts the massacre of thousands of Haitian Blacks who were killed because they allegedly could not pronounce the letter "r" in perejil, the Spanish word for parsley.