We’re Alone

An Evening with Edwidge Danticat

 
 

Saturday, October 12th | 6pm

Edwidge Danticat is an irresistible presence on the page. Tracing a loose arc from her childhood to the recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, and the complexities of resilience.

Full of heart, outrage, humor, clear thinking, and moral questioning, while reminding us of the possibilities of community, We’re Alone is a book that asks us to think through some of the world’s intractable problems while deepening our understanding of one of the most significant novelists at work today.

Danticat will appear for a public book signing during two time slots: 4pm-5pm and 7pm-8pm.

Featured Book: We’re Alone by Edwidge Danticat

Event Details:

  • This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but we’d appreciate an RSVP over on Facebook!

  • All book festival events, unless otherwise noted, will take place on the Midtown Scholar Bookstore’s main stage.

  • Seating is general admission; first come, first served.

  • A public book signing will immediately follow the discussion. Purchasing an author’s new book from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore is required for entry to the signing line. (Additional copies of a book may also be signed if time permits).

About the Speaker:

Edwidge Danticat is the author of We’re Alone (forthcoming September 2024), Everything Inside, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, and The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Award finalist in criticism. She lives in New York and teaches at Columbia University.