Under The Sun

Edwidge Danticat, 40, has become the latest local talent to win the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award,” which carries a heavy dose of prestige and a $500,000 “no strings attached” prize.
Danticat  was one of 24 winners named this year as a fellowship winner. Other winners included Jill Seaman of Sudan, an infectious-disease specialist, Lynsey Addario of Turkey, a photojournalist, and Peter Huybers of Massachusetts, a climate scientist at Harvard.
We celebrate by rebroadcasting Under the Sun’s recent interview with Danticat, which we recorded during the production of a show dedicated exclusively to South Florida’s literary talent.  Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books, talked to Danticat about her memoir, Brother, I’m Dying, and about her life in Haiti, New York, and Miami.
Also, check out the full article on Danticat’s win, and how she learned the good news!