Edwidge Danticat

Praise for After The Dance

The young Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat has given the world honest and loving portraits of Haitian people, both on the island and in the United States

Boston Globe

Ms. Danticat has dared to probe into some of the most painful and hidden Haitian traditions

New York Times

This gem of lyrical reportage takes Danticat from behind a "mask of distant observer" into the heart of a "massive stream of joy", filling in the history and folklore behind the steamy surface

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

The young Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat has given the world honest and loving portraits of Haitian people, both on the island and in the United States

Boston Globe

Ms. Danticat has dared to probe into some of the most painful and hidden Haitian traditions

New York Times

This gem of lyrical reportage takes Danticat from behind a "mask of distant observer" into the heart of a "massive stream of joy", filling in the history and folklore behind the steamy surface

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

The young Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat has given the world honest and loving portraits of Haitian people, both on the island and in the United States

Boston Globe

Ms. Danticat has dared to probe into some of the most painful and hidden Haitian traditions

New York Times

This gem of lyrical reportage takes Danticat from behind a "mask of distant observer" into the heart of a "massive stream of joy", filling in the history and folklore behind the steamy surface

Boyd Tonkin, Independent