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Authors Explore American Immigrant Experience

Award-winning authors Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz and Samina Ali all came to this country as children — Danticat from Haiti, Diaz from the Dominican Republic, and Ali from India.

As part of NPR's series on the children of immigrants, these three authors offer perspective on the transformation of immigrants in America as the next generation assimilates.

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