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<\/a><\/p>\nEdwidge Danticat on <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\nUsing Writing to Reach the Past, <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\nLook Forward, Solve Problems<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPosted by\u00a0Jeffrey Brown\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/iframe><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">“Claire of the Sea Light” is a story of death and loss, but also the enduring power of love. The intertwined lives in a small fishing village are upended when a seven-year-old girl disappears. Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat has returned with her first novel in a decade and her first work of fiction about her native country since the 2010 earthquake there.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Danticat is the author of “Krik? Krak!”, “The Dew Breaker” and “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work,” among others. Danticat joined Jeffrey Brown in our studio Tuesday for a conversation about her new work, her writing practice and Haiti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><em>You can also watch Danticat read an excerpt from “Claire of the Sea Light”:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1vTUgN532Yo?rel=0&showinfo=0\" height=\"320\" width=\"514\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><b>Watch More NewsHour Conversations With Edwidge Danticat<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/entertainment\/july-dec10\/danticat_10-21.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Edwidge Danticat on the Luxury of Creating Art<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/entertainment\/jan-june04\/dew_05-05.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Conversation: ‘The Dew Breaker’<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>>via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2013\/09\/edwidge-danticat-on-using-writing-to-reach-the-past-look-forward-solve-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2013\/09\/edwidge-danticat-on-using-writing-to-reach-the-past-look-forward-solve-pro.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 17, 2013 Edwidge Danticat on Using Writing to Reach the Past, Look Forward, Solve Problems Posted by\u00a0Jeffrey Brown\u00a0 \u00a0 “Claire of the Sea Light” is a story of death and loss, but also the enduring power of love. The intertwined lives in a small fishing village are upended when a seven-year-old girl disappears. Haitian-born […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176425652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176425652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176425652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176425686,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176425652\/revisions\/176425686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176425652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176425652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176425652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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