{"product_id":"were-alone-essays-paperback-1","title":"We're Alone: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat's childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in \u003ci\u003eWe're Alone \u003c\/i\u003einclude personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, and the complexities of resilience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom hurricanes to political violence, from her days as a new student at a Brooklyn elementary school knowing little English to her account of a shooting hoax at a Miami mall, Danticat has an extraordinary ability to move from the personal to the global and back again. Throughout, literature and art prove to be her reliable companions and guides in both tragedies and triumphs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDanticat is an irresistible presence on the page: full of heart, outrage, humor, clear thinking, and moral questioning, while reminding us of the possibilities of community. And so \"we're alone\" is both a fearsome admission and an intimate invitation--we're alone now, we can talk. \u003ci\u003eWe're Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that asks us to think through some of the world's intractable problems while deepening our understanding of one of the most significant novelists at work today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwidge Danticat is the author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Inside\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism. She teaches at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.19 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334564430073,"sku":"9781644453537","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/v8kudnZbKx9781644453537_c659519f-b642-4ef4-865c-6ce1fc37911e.webp?v=1769649202","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/were-alone-essays-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}