Thursday, October 1, 2009

Edwidge Danticat just received a half million dollars



Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat was just awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship. The so-called "genius grant" is generally considered a pretigious recognition for an artists entire body of work and comes with no strings attached. I consider The Dew Breaker and Krik? Krak! to be among the best books I have ever read. Follow the link to read previews of her major works.

2 comments:

  1. a half a milli for doing nothing? where do i apply?

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  2. Her books are pretty good. I've read the Dew breaker.

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