I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. Edwidge Danticat amazedreamextraordinary Change image and share on social
On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away. Edwidge Danticat basicdupefelt share on social
There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness. Edwidge Danticat consciousnesscountrycoup Change image and share on social
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force - people not realizing that they were always there but doing different things than what we see them doing at the moment. Edwidge Danticat administrationcleancreate share on social
That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist. Edwidge Danticat countryexistnews Change image and share on social
People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places. Edwidge Danticat awarehappenpeople Change image and share on social
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of. Edwidge Danticat awarebackbite share on social
Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home. Edwidge Danticat backcomplicatedifficult Change image and share on social
And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934. Edwidge Danticat facthaitioccupy Change image and share on social
People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it. Edwidge Danticat alternativefindhard Change image and share on social
