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It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.
Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 19
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I am very timid about speaking for the collective. I can say what I see, I can say what I've heard, I can say what I feel, but I can't speak for - no one can speak for - 10 million people, and it takes away something from them if you make yourself their voice.
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That has always been a strength of Haiti: Beyond crisis, it has beautiful art it has beautiful music. But people have not heard about those as much as they heard about the coups and so forth. I always hope that the people who read me will want to learn more about Haiti.
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I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis.
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When you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done!
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Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.
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Write what haunts you. What keeps you up at night. What you are unable to get out of your mind. Sometimes they are the hardest things to write, but those are often the things that are worth investigating by you specifically. . .
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I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.
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Whole interaction between the storyteller and the listeners had a very powerful influence on me.
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