Fresh Air, Edwidge Danticat, September 26, 2007

By: Terry Gross

Narrated by: Terry Gross

Hear Haitian-born writer Edwidge Danticat, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead, and critic-at-large John Powers on this edition of Fresh Air.

Edwidge Danticat was raised in Haiti by her uncle until the age of 12, when she came to New York to live with her parents who had immigrated to the US She's the author of a number of novels, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, The Farming of Bones, and The Dew Breaker, as well as the short-story collection Krik? Krak!. Danticat has a new memoir about the birth of her daughter and the death of her father and uncle, all in the same year: Brother, I'm Dying.

Then, Kevin Whitehead reviews McCoy Tyner Quartet, featuring pianist McCoy Tyner, saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Jeff "Twain" Watts.

Finally, John Powers has some thoughts on the 40th anniversary edition DVD of the film The Graduate. [Broadcast Date: September 26, 2007]

Then, pick up Brother, I'm Dying and more by Edwidge Dandicat.

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