An Interview with Edwidge Danticat

If there were fictional books about Haitians that I could have read as an adolescent growing up, I certainly would have read them. [...]I think the work you are doing in trying to reach young adults is very important. According to a recent report issued by the Haitian government, President Aristide recently launched a National Campaign for Literacy this Summer (May 28) in which he enlisted 1,200 "monitors" (young students) who will help in the government's efforts to raise Haiti's literacy rate in three years- just in time for the country's bicentennial. [...]are there any works of fiction that focus on the Haitian revolution? [...]even in my desire to study the world's "business," if you will, I always had the writing in mind.