Create Dangerously : The Immigrant Artist at Work

Name: Create Dangerously : The Immigrant Artist at Work
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

Create DangerouslyThe Immigrant Artist at Work\nAuthor(s): Edwidge Danticat\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691278087, 978-0691278087\nSynopsis\nA New York Times Notable Book\nA Miami Herald Best Book of the Year\n\nA moving and deeply personal account of art and exile from Edwidge Danticat, winner of two National Book Critics Circle Awardsnow with a new preface by the author\n\n\""Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.\""Create Dangerously\n\nIn this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. Inspired by Albert Camus' lecture, \""Create Dangerously,\"" .