{"product_id":"9781569472187","title":"The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn five sections—Childhood, Migration, Half\/First Generation, Return, and Future—the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, much like a butterfly's fluctuating path, is a shifting landscape in which there is much travel between two worlds, between their place of origin and their adopted land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compilation of essays and poetry brings together Haitian-Americans of different generations and backgrounds, linking the voices for whom English is a first language and others whose dreams will always be in French and \u003ci\u003eKreyòl\u003c\/i\u003e. Community activists, scholars, visual artists and filmmakers join renowned journalists, poets, novelists and memoirists to produce a poignant portrayal of lives in transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwidge Danticat, in her powerful introduction, pays tribute to Jean Dominique, a sometime participant in the Haitian \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e and a recent martyr to Haiti's troubled politics, and the many members of the \u003ci\u003edyaspora\u003c\/i\u003e who refused to be silenced. Their stories confidently and passionately illustrate the joys and heartaches, hopes and aspirations of a relatively new group of immigrants belonging to two countries that have each at times maligned and embraced them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055401713904,"sku":"9781569472187","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569472187_p0.jpg?v=1763792795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569472187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}