Edwidge Danticat’s

Dec 2, 2024 | plough.com | Caitrin Keiper |Edwidge Danticat’s

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read,” wrote James Baldwin. This quote in Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat’s new essay collection We’re Alone captures the dual meaning of the title: the isolation and despair of the oppressed who believe no one is coming to help them, and the intimacy between author and reader, alone together on the page.