The Common Good March 2010  An Interview with Edwidge Danticat
by Rose Marie Berger | March 2010  Editor’s Note: Edwidge
Danticat, author of six books including  Editor’s Note: Edwidge
Danticat, author of six books including Brother, I’m Dying, was
born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She now lives in the U.S.
Danticat engaged in an e-mail interview with Sojourners
associate editor Rose Marie Berger.  Take Action on This Issue
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Sojourners: Describe how you heard the news about the earthquake
and what happened after that. Edwidge Danticat: I was at the
supermarket with my two young daughters and my sister in law
called and asked if I'd heard that there had been an earthquake
in Haiti. I was a bit stunned. “Earthquake?” I said. Are you
sure? She said it was 7.0. That didn’t quite register for me.
Then she said it was catastrophic. It was dark already, so they
were not sure of the damage, she said. I rushed home and parked
myself in front of the television, b