We're Alone: Essays
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction · 2024 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Edwidge Danticat's essay collection meditates on migration, belonging, loss, and the Haitian experience through personal narrative and cultural criticism. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.
About the Author
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American novelist, short story writer, and memoirist born in 1969 in Port-au-Prince. She emigrated to the United States at age twelve to join her parents in Brooklyn, and her work is deeply shaped by the experience of Haitian diaspora, the history of Haiti, and the intersection of memory, loss, and longing. Danticat is the author of numerous celebrated works, including Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994), Krik? Read more →
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