Brother, I'm Dying
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Sep 9, 2026
Tracy ThomasHOST
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Tracy ThomasHOST
Our book club pick for September is Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat, which we will discuss on Wednesday, September 30th with our guest, Natalie Green.
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Tracy ThomasHOST
All right, now the moment you've all been waiting for, our September book club pick.
Tracy ThomasHOST
I am thrilled to announce that we will be reading Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat.
Tracy ThomasHOST
The book was a National Book Award finalist, winner of the National Book Critic Circle Award, and it is a powerful work of nonfiction and memoir that talks about family strength, immigration through the stories of her beloved father and uncle, as well as her own brother.
Tracy ThomasHOST
We will be discussing the book on the podcast on Wednesday, September 30th, and you can tune in next week to find out who our guest will be.
Liberty HardyHOST
So let's start off with Day by Edwidge Danticat.
Liberty HardyHOST
This is the newest novel from Danticat, who is a Haitian-American novelist, winner of multiple awards and prizes for her work, such as Brother, I'm Dying, Claire of the Light Sea, Krik? Krak! My favorite novel of hers is The Farming of Bones.
Liberty HardyHOST
I learned so much about history that we weren't taught in school reading that book.
Liberty HardyHOST
Her books are always incredible.
Miwa MesserHOST
Where are we going?" Right? Like, what...
Miwa MesserHOST
And it made me start thinking actually about Brother, I'm Dying, your memoir that you did that was nominated for the National Book Award.
Miwa MesserHOST
And I feel like the, the Haiti sections, even though we're in 2018, the Haiti of 2018 reminds me very much of the Haiti of 2004, and I'm hoping we can spend a little time with that because it seems to me...
Miwa MesserHOST
And you've been in the States since you were tiny, but you've also gone back quite a lot.
Edwidge DanticatGUEST
think probably, you know, it's also immigration related.
Edwidge DanticatGUEST
The most of that I've seen is folks who read Brother, I'm Dying, which is my memoir about my uncle dying in immigration custody, among other things.
Edwidge DanticatGUEST
And folks have, you know, people would, often it's other families who have been through that situation.
Edwidge DanticatGUEST
But for example, that book, when I was writing it, you know, my intention for it was, I was like, I hope they give it to immigration officers to read so that they can have a better view of the people who've come before them.