{"product_id":"the-butterflys-way-isbn-9781569472187","title":"The Butterfly's Way","description":"In five sections—Childhood, Migration, Half\/First Generation, Return, and Future—the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, much like a butterfly's fluctuating path, is a shifting landscape in which there is much travel between two worlds, between their place of origin and their adopted land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compilation of essays and poetry brings together Haitian-Americans of different generations and backgrounds, linking the voices for whom English is a first language and others whose dreams will always be in French and \u003ci\u003eKreyòl\u003c\/i\u003e. Community activists, scholars, visual artists and filmmakers join renowned journalists, poets, novelists and memoirists to produce a poignant portrayal of lives in transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdwidge Danticat, in her powerful introduction, pays tribute to Jean Dominique, a sometime participant in the Haitian \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e and a recent martyr to Haiti's troubled politics, and the many members of the \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e who refused to be silenced. Their stories confidently and passionately illustrate the joys and heartaches, hopes and aspirations of a relatively new group of immigrants belonging to two countries that have each at times maligned and embraced them.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly’s Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A volume that movingly describes the various facets of the Haitian migration experience . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly’s Way\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a people in transition, struggling to find a comfort zone between their land of origin and their land(s) of resettlement. It provides powerful images of the inner souls of displaced persons, living between two worlds and carrying a heavy baggage of things past.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAfro-Hispanic Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“An assembly of writings by writers of Haitian descent—the first of its kind . . . An astonishing, stirring addition not only to the heretofore thin canon of Haitian-American literature, but to American literature. Period.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eResearch in African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Varied, colorful, and interesting . . . Whether [the writers] are discussing childhood memories, interracial relationships, or returning home, their comments are always illuminating.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A potent and piercing collection of essays and poems that articulate the frustrations and sorrows of Haitians who are now outsiders both in Haiti and in their places of refuge.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eBrother, I’m Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah Book Club selection; \u003ci\u003eKrik? Krak!\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eThe Dew Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the inaugural Story Prize; and \u003ci\u003eThe Farming of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, which won an American Book Award for fiction in 1999. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301326967013,"sku":"NP9781569472187","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569472187.jpg?v=1767738576","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-butterflys-way-isbn-9781569472187","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}