One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH that was backed by the CIA. FRAPH killed thousands of Haitians in the early 1990s. Now while Constant… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Medicare rewards doctors far better for doing procedures than for assessing whether they should be done at all.” — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up.… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
“Instead I dreamt of walking out of the world, of spending all my time inside with no one to talk to, and no one… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
“From her experience working with the weak and the sick, she'd learned that the disease you ignore is the one that kills you, so… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from Cuba on… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come together, from… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share
