Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

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Events Tag: My Own Dear People

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Past Events

Edwidge Danticat & Dwight Thompson — Miami Book Fair (Miami, FL)

Read Caribbean’s Cross Currents: Haiti, Jamaica, and the Caribbean Imagination with Edwidge Danticat, Dwight Thompson, Fabienne Josaphat, and Diana McCauley; moderated by Fabian Lyon. This panel brings Haitian and Jamaican voices together to reflect on the shared histories and creative visions that bind the two islands—through revolutionary history, family sagas, and diasporic storytelling.

Edwidge Danticat & Dwight Thompson — Miami Book Fair (Miami, FL)

Read Caribbean’s Across Waters, Across Generations: Caribbean Becoming with Edwidge Danticat (Watch Out for Falling Iguanas), Dwight Thompson (My Own Dear People), and Ryan Bachoo (An Unending Search); moderated by Anjanette Delgado. This conversation will explore how intergenerational experience, youth, and the shifting geographies of diaspora shape Caribbean identity—through children’s literature, fiction, and narrative prose.