Miami author Edwidge Danticat-- featured in Under the Sun's recent episode on literary bright lights-- has won the prestigious and lucrative MacArthur "Genius" award. Listen in, as Mitchell Kaplan of Books & Books interviews Danticat about her experience as a Haitian immigrant in the United States and about her memoir, "Brother, I'm Dying."
Friday, July 10, 2009
Danticat wrote a memoir to cope with the momentous year when her daughter was born, her father passed away, and her uncle died in an immigration detention center on the edge of the Everglades.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Poet Campbell McGrath, novelist Edwidge Danticat and humorist Dave Barry headline a show that navigates our literary scene, including zany thrillers, emerging writers and young poets trying to make a living.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
It was known as Flagler's Folly: Henry Flagler's quixotic quest to build a railroad to Key West. All that's left now are some tracks that stop mid-air. Books & Books' Mitchell Kaplan interviews author Les Standiford about his book, Last Train to Paradise.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Under the Sun Core Team “Peter J” Maerz - Under the Sun Executive Producer Peter serves as Programming and Operations Manager for 91.3 WLRN, South Florida’s NPR News Station and 91.5 WKWM, NPR for the Florida Keys. He began his radio career in 1992 as a “Radio Reader” on WLRN’s closed circuit broadcast channel for the [...]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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