Video Description: Best-selling author Edwidge Danticat is experiencing another extraordinary year. Among her many accolades, she now adds the St. Louis Literary Award to her distinction. Named as one of the most important writers of our time, the Haitian-American novelist has the ability to create a dialogue and relationship with her audience that carries them through journeys of triumph, beauty, struggle, devastation, contribution, love and resilience of a people and a land of richness, depth, complication and color.

• Provide the video for students who like books by this author.
• Use the video in conjunction with an activity exploring diverse voices in literature and how reading about their experiences can impact student understanding of various cultures and related subjects.
• What insights into the writing process, the development of plot, character, or other story elements do students feel they gain from watching the video? Have them share in a small group activity.