Her first language was Creole and she didn't learn English until her teenage years. But that hasn't stopped her from becoming America's best known Haitian novelist. A conversation with Edwige Danticat about her life and passion for writing.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2004-04-06/edwige-danticat-dew-breaker
Edwige Danticat - "The Dew Breaker"
Listen Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2004 at 1:32 p.m. in Arts & CultureGuests
Edwidge Danticat
author of "The Dew Breaker" (Knopf)
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