The Beacon Best of 2000

by Edwidge Danticat (Editor)

A collection of multicultural short stories, essays, and poetry features the work of such writers as Julia Alvarez, Isabel Allende, Sherman Alexie, Walter Mosley, Lois Ann Yamanaka, and Ai.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

232 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Her work has dealt with themes of national identity, mother-daughter relationships, and diasporic politics. In 2023, she was named the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.

Reviews

[Nicole Pritchett]

Loved reading a variety of short stories from a variety of authors

[Evelyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Is this really the best writing of recent time?