𝓓𝓲𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓟𝓸𝓭𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓙𝓾𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓮 — Edwidge Danticat reads "Without Inspection" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    If you have 38 minutes for an intense literary experience, consider listening while Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reads her short story Without Inspection in the May 8 edition of the New Yorker's Writer's Voice podcast.

    The three main characters crossed from Haiti to Florida by boat and swam ashore, and the title is the term for someone who did not ask permission before entering the U.S.  So you could say the story explores the world of the undocumented.  If you need more reasons to loathe Don, or to believe that the Dreamers deserve a chance to stay in America, this story can do it for you.  It bears emphasizing that Danticat hails from a place the President famously dubbed a "shithole country."

    Or you could say the story is about understanding that "there are loves that outlive lovers," letting those words resonate, imagining how wanting them to be true could be the most important thing in the world.  The phrase appears to Arnold, the protagonist, as he finishes saying goodbye to images of the two people he loves most, the only two he really has.  It's so sad that calling it sad seems lame.  Turns out the world of the undocumented is much like everyone else's, but with the danger settings on high.