The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” grant, Edwidge Danticat’s renowned works of fiction include Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize; and Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book. Dèy is her first novel in more than a decade, and one of her most deeply affecting works yet. Moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, Dèy follows a narrator who flits between worlds like a firefly, telling a deeply affecting story of the Haitian diaspora, grief, and inseverable family ties. Danticat speaks to this exquisitely beautiful novel, and her work to date, with former host of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel.
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EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah's Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak!, also a National Book Award finalist.
ELEANOR WACHTEL loves books and their authors and has managed to gagner her vie by sharing that passion. Five books of her "Writers & Company" interviews have been published, including Random Illuminations, a collection of reflections, correspondence, and conversations with Carol Shields; Original Minds; and for the show's 25th anniversary, The Best of Writers & Company. Now the complete archive—over 1000 hours—is freely available.
In 2024 Eleanor chaired the jury of the International Booker Prize.
