Edwidge Danticat

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 40 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women’s and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viPreface 1Introduction 3A Biography of Edwidge Danticat (January 19, 1969– ) 7Edwidge Danticat Family Tree 41The Companion 43Glossary 227Appendix A: Aphorisms in Danticat’s Writing 235Appendix B: Historical References 236Appendix C: A Guide to Places 241Appendix D: A Guide to Writing, Art and Research Topics 244Bibliography 255Index 269

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