Ann Tashi Slater interviews Edwidge Danticat

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Cover for Storytelling, Death, and Putting Flesh Back on Bones. Includes drawn image of a women.

Ann Tashi Slater '84 spoke with Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat about why death is central to her storytelling and how she finds meaning in the face of impermanence. Danticat is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant"; other honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award for EVERYTHING INSIDE (2019), a collection of stories, and BROTHER, I'M DYING (2007), a memoir. This is the latest in Ann’s Tricycle magazine interview series about bardo and the art of living. #bardo https://tricycle.org/article/edwidge-danticat/