Opening-Night Celebration and Book Signing
Join us for refreshments and listen to remarks by 2018 Neustadt Prize laureate Edwidge Danticat. During our opening night festivities, we will announce the winner of the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature and watch a preview of “Women…
Caribbean Migrations
Marie Casimir (University of Oklahoma), Erik Gleibermann (San Francisco), and Achy Obejas (Mills College) take part in a roundtable discussion on the theme of cultural, literary, and linguistic migrations in and from the Caribbean. The panel will be moderated by…
Edwidge Danticat’s Literary Message
Catherine John Camara (University of Oklahoma), Marcia Chatelain (Georgetown), and Atibon Nazaire (Brooklyn) discuss various aspects of the Haitian diaspora and Haitian American culture, followed by Q&A with the audience.
A Literary Conversation with Edwidge Danticat and Erik Gleibermann: Crafting the Art of Death
In her 2017 essay collection, The Art of Death, Edwidge Danticat muses, “We write about the dead to make sense of our losses, to become less haunted, to turn ghosts into words, to transform an absence into language.” In this…
Community Dance and Drum Workshop
The Haitian dance troupe Rara Tou Limen presents a dance and drum workshop, open to the public. Rupel J. Jones Fine Arts Center, Room 305
Haitian Dance
Don’t miss these marquee performances of “Women Like Us,” choreographed by Marie Casimir, and “ReBIRTH” by Rara Tou Limen, followed by a talkback with the performers. Co-sponsored by the OU School of Dance. Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall / Catlett…
The 2018 Neustadt Keynote – Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat delivers the 2018 Neustadt Prize lecture, “All Geography Is Within Me: Writing Life, Death, Freedom, and Salt,” followed by an audience Q&A. Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall | Catlett Music Center
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