After The Dance Was My First Attempt At Nonfiction. I'd Never Really Participated In Carnival, And I Really Wanted To Go. It Sounded Like A Wonderfully Fun Thing To Do. And I Wanted To Write Something Happy About Haiti, Something Celebratory. And Going To Carnival Gave Me A Chance To Do That, Because It Is One Of The Instances In Haiti When People Shed Their Class Separation And Come Together.

-Edwidge Danticat

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After The Dance Was My First Attempt

Edwidge Danticat

After The Dance Was My First Attempt At Nonfiction. I'd Never Really Participated In Carnival, And I Really Wanted To Go. It Sounded Like A Wonderfully Fun Thing To Do. And I Wanted To Write Something Happy About Haiti, Something Celebratory. And Going To Carnival Gave Me A Chance To Do That, Because It Is One Of The Instances In Haiti When People Shed Their Class Separation And Come Together.

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I Very Much Love A Physical Book Myself. I Think People Who Have Had This Experience Of Also Seeing A Book Come Together, From Sitting Down And Writing The First Word, To Holding The Binding In Your Hand, We Have A Deeper Sentimental Attachment To It Than Others Might.

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