Wednesday, December 16, 2015

A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez

(read aloud)

A good writer takes a trip across Haiti and describes what she sees and who she meets. She looks and listens and Haiti speaks. She tells a story: her story, Haiti's story, and the human story. Most delightful to us reading to each other, the details rang true to our shared experience. The Haiti we know is also the Haiti she saw. She deftly steers between the dangers of pity and naiveté. She chose an interesting subject and writes beautifully.

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