Rich Benjamin reckons with his family’s exile from Haiti in his vivid, novelistic memoir, Talk to Me.
Pantheon
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Pantheon
9780593317396
Rich Benjamin reckons with his family’s exile from Haiti in his vivid, novelistic memoir, Talk to Me.
After years of downplaying his Haitian roots, anthropologist and writer Rich Benjamin changed course when a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti in 2010. He wanted to rush there to learn and help. His Haitian American mother, Danielle Benjamin, had a different take. Don’t go, she begged. But if you must go: Wear a tie.
After all,…
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