# Event Details - **Event Name**: DÈY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Celebrate one of Danticat's most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with her signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty”About this EventFrom the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day.“Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?” These questions haunt Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami, after she hears the terrifying sounds of gunfire while shopping for her daughter’s first-ever cell phone; she takes shelter in a restaurant called Oasis, cowering with fellow shoppers and diners, each praying to their respective gods.Once she’s safely home, Magnolia hides the fact that she was at the mall shooting from everyone close to her. But given her life back, she begins to see it all clearly, and as if for the first time—what the extraordinary bond she has with her daughter, Zoë, really means to her, and what Zoë may feel in return; what the nearly broken relationship she has with her partner, Harrison, has cost her, despite his love for her and their daughter; why her mentally troubled mother—whose unraveling patterns Magnolia worries she’s spiraling toward herself—might be so ghost-haunted; what the source of her father’s pain, and his reason for seeking solace in the arms of a mistress, really is. As Magnolia struggles through the labyrinth of her past, she must also come to terms with the losses sustained that traumatic day, losses that we all bear witness to all too often in our troubling times.Can love, can family, protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in one’s heart, one’s soul? Which side will win out for Magnolia—and where does she really belong? Pulled between these questions, and her beloved, high-stakes choices and worlds—Miami or Haiti, single or married, mortal or ghost, before or after—Magnolia is one of the most compelling characters that Danticat has ever created—a narrator who is "yon pati koukouy, part firefly": shimmering, flitting between choices, drawn to the light yet emitting her own.Taking its title from the Creole word for mourning, Dèy is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the importance of sharing grief and leave-taking, but also of the ties of family—takeout dinners around a table, fresh dirt on a plant’s roots in the garden, swimming together in the azure seas. As Magnolia questions whether all has not yet been lost, Dèy celebrates the complexity of life in a brave and striking novel that is one of Danticat’s most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with a signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty” (The Boston Globe).Edwidge Danticat is joining us on the Busboys stage alongside Glory Edim to celebrate the release of this highly anticipated novel and dive deeper into the story. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Danticat will be signing following the program.This event is free and open to all. Doors open to guests at 5:00pm. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of DÈY will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will be livestreamed.We ask that guests RSVP in order to receive direct updates about the event from Busboys and Poets BooksEDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah's Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak!, also a National Book Award finalist. A Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner and the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, she has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, and elsewhere.Glory Edim is a writer, editor, and literary curator best known as the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a literary festival and online community celebrating the voices of Black women authors. She is the author of the memoir Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me, as well as the anthologies Well-Read Black Girl and On Girlhood. Her work has received numerous honors, including the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s Madam C.J. Walker Award and the Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.BOOK DETAILSDèyBy Edwidge DanticatAugust 25, 2026 | Hardcover, 256 pages, $30 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/dÈy-with-edwidge-danticat-a-busboys-and-poets-books-presentation/100001991952091327 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, festivals, shopping - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Busboys and Poets 14th & V - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 49.13, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: Busboys and Poets 14th & V - **lat**: 38.91780869999999 - **long**: -77.0314628 - **full address**: Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: DÈY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/7b58606f61914856af4af618c1e0607147e761294016589d36c364d4ce97c8f2-rimg-w1200-h600-dca39574-gmir.jpg?v=1782023663 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is DEY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation being held? - **A:** DEY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation takes place on Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing DEY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation? - **A:** DEY with Edwidge Danticat | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation is organized by Busboys and Poets. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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