Edwidge Danticat Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. January 19, 1969
Birthday: January 19
After the Dance was my first attempt at nonfiction. I'd never really participated in carnival, and I really wanted to go. It sounded like a wonderfully fun thing to do. And I wanted to write something happy about Haiti, something celebratory. And going to carnival gave me a chance to do that, because it is one of the instances in Haiti when people shed their class separation and come together.
source: Interview David Barsamian, progressive.org. October 1, 2003. 
topic: Fun, Writing, Class, Fun Things
