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A Brand New York Times Notable BookA Miami Herald Best Book of the YearIn this deeply personal book, the famous Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat displays on artwork and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and tailored from her very own classes for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Line, below Danticat tells tales of designers who produce despite (or due to) the disasters that forced them from their homelands. Mixing composition and memoir, these elegant and moving items analyze what this means to be an artist from the nation in turmoil.