Our guest is Edwidge Danticat. http://www.facebook.com/edwidgedanticat
 

 

Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; and The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the first Story Prize. She lives in Miami with her husband and 2 daughters.

Born in Haiti, Danticat says she draws on the stories she heard as a little girl. "We take great pride in our past,'' says Danticat. Her first languages were Creole and French. When she was a toddler, her parents left Haiti to find a better life in the U.S. She stayed with an aunt and uncle until she rejoined them at 12.
While her stories are set in contemporary Haiti, Danticat brings in historical characters like the 1790s slave leader Boukman and events like the killings in 1937 at Massacre River (when soldiers in the Dominican Republic slaughtered Haitians).
Although she is a U.S. citizen, Danticat remains connected to Haiti, which she has visited frequently. "Krik? Krak!" is being translated into Creole for Haitian radio. Danticat also served as the associate producer of a documentary made by Jonathan Demme about Haitian torture survivors, "Courage and Pain", as well as the documentary about Jean Dominique and Radio Haiti called "The Agronomist".
She resents the idea that Haiti is not ready for democracy. "There is no place in the world where people fight more for democracy.''

 

Edwidge was in town as the author of this year's "Brazos Valley Reads" book selection "The Farming of Bones". She generously agreed to spend time with KEOS Community Radio and share her thoughts.

Direct download: OVOS_Edwidge_Danticat_4-14-11.mp3
Category:Haiti, art, literature, immigrant -- posted at: 8:59 PM

A Texas folk music icon, Don Sanders http://www.donsanders.net/ has shared the stage with Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Arlo Guthrie, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and many other legendary Texas musicians and songwriters. He was a founding member of KPFT in Houston http://www.kpft.org/ and also an honorary board member of the Kerrville Folk Festival.

Don is currently best known for his story and song performances in hundreds of schools, festivals and theaters throughout the Southwest.

Join us for this discussion with Don which is part interview, part history, and all of it a contemplation of what it means to live the life of an artist and troubadour.

Direct download: OVOS_Don_Sanders_4-10-11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:50 PM

http://www.joyharjo.com/Home.html
As the most well-known Native (Mvskoke-Creek) woman poet of her generation, and the 2009 Nammy winner for best female artist, Joy Harjo has been offering us her words and music for three decades now. In her late 50s, she is still at the height of her creative powers, still one of only a handful of Native musicians and poets who have been able to get their own stories out to a wide audience– thus insuring that those stories will not be ignored, twisted, distorted or maligned by others.
Joy was in the Brazos Valley this past week and graciously stopped by the KEOS Bell Studios for an interview with "Our Voices, Ourselves".
We will be sharing her words and music in and around this interview, so it is a creative exploration of her life and work!

Direct download: OVOS_Joy_Harjo_3-30-11.mp3
Category:native american, poetry, music, art, -- posted at: 8:21 PM



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