Four Saturdays: September 16, 23, 30, and October 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET Online
Lecture and Discussion. This live class will be recorded and available for later viewing.
Heralded as a unique voice of her generation who disrupted the silence around Haiti and the plight of Haitian Americans, Edwidge Danticat’s prose soars and sings. So beautiful is her language that the tragedies brought on by poverty, quests for power, migration, and internal political strife can be misread or underestimated by the reader and often in the lives of Danticat’s characters. In this class, we will engage in a deep dive into Danticat’s fiction to unveil her uncompromising point of view regarding the first free Black country in the Western hemisphere, its people, and Haiti’s ongoing struggles to live up to its history of independence for Haitians at home and abroad. The lyricism of Danticat’s prose evokes Toni Morrison, Maryse Conde, and Jean Rhys.
Four Saturdays: September 16, 23, 30, and October 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET Online
Required Texts:
Breath, Eyes, Memory (9781616955021)
Krik? Krak! (9781616957001)
The Farming of Bones (9781616953492)
The Dew Breaker (9781400034291)
Michele L. Simms-Burton, PhD is a former tenured university professor and founding board member of the Toni Morrison Society. Her writings have appeared in The Crisis Magazine, DownBeat, D.C. Metro Theater Arts, Auburn Avenue, and San Francisco Chronicle. She has lectured globally on African American culture.
REFUND POLICY: Please note that we can issue class refunds up until seven (7) days before the first class session.
