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Edwidge Danticat, "Home as Grief, Home as Us"

Edwidge Danticat, "Home as Grief, Home as Us"

  • Date: February 22nd, 2018
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  • Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  • Cost: Free tickets are required for this event. To reserve, please contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036.

Sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities as the keynote lecture for the 2017 Humanities Symposium

Edwidge DanticatCelebrated author and activist, Edwidge Danticat’s books include “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 Dew Breaker.” 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 the editor of several books including, “The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States.” She has written six books for young adults and children, as well as a travel narrative. She is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow and the 2016 recipient of the Toni Morrison Award.

Free tickets are required for this event. To reserve, please contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or visit messiah.edu/tickets .