Who Is Edwidge Danticat Adventurous?

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Edwidge Danticat’s Common Reading lecture focussed on the theme of adventure. She was born in Haiti during the time of a dictatorship, but she has never seen herself as adventurous. She said that the way to survive a dictatorship is to not be adventurous- so she has never had the urge to climb mountains, or jump out of airplanes, or fight against the government. Her parents had gone to America when she was very young; they sent for her when she was older and she later attended college in New York. She had started out as pre-med and ended with a degree in creative writing. She never saw herself becoming a mother, she thought she would travel the world and lead a bohemian lifestyle not tied down by a family. But, she did have children. And having