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Ballet in the Cane Fields, by diplomat-cum-author Judith Ravin, takes the reader to the Dominican Republic of today—the “loudest place on earthâ€â€”where nothing is too insignificant to be a conversation starter. While neighbors bring chairs outside for idle conversation, everything moves in slow motion. Listlessness conquers even the little ones, whose solution to the heat is a Popsicle that tricks the body into a short-lived chill as iced tentacles drip down the chin. Taxi drivers, a prepubescent hip hop star and the pedestrian masses populate this series of autobiographical vignettes that reflect the optimism and generosity of the author’s perspective on humanity.