Poured Over: Edwidge Danticat on Dèy

Dèy by acclaimed writer Edwidge Danticat is multigenerational story of family, resilience, and hope in the wake of an unexpected tragedy. Edwidge joins us to talk about evolving ideas of the American Dream, the Haitian diaspora, ghost stories and expanding canon with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books:

Dèy by Edwidge Danticat

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat

Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

The Art of Death by Edwidge Danticat

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid

Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Triptych by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

Paule Marshall: A Writer's Life by Mary Helen Washington

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Moderation by Elaine Castillo

Windward Heights by Maryse Condé

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Krik? Krack! by Edwidge Danticat