Junot Diaz receives MacArthur Fellowship

kennyc · 10-02-2012, 05:30 PM

"a fiction writer using vernacular dialogue and spare, unsentimental prose to draw readers into the various and distinct worlds that immigrants must straddle (Junot Diaz); "

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/01/487...#storylink=cpy

Just heard an interview with him on NPR this week.
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/13/160762...esonant-voices

amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...rds=Junot+Diaz

also Dinaw Mengestu -
http://www.macfound.org/fellows/870/

HomeInMyShoes · 10-02-2012, 05:45 PM

Thanks for posting this. I had put The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on my required reading list for next year.

kennyc · 10-02-2012, 05:51 PM

I've just added This is how you lose her to my wish list after hearing the interview and before this announcement.

Prestidigitweeze · 10-02-2012, 10:11 PM

I don't know Mr. Diaz personally, but I can't help but be proud. Friends of mine, a few of them writers with Mr. Diaz's background, have supported him for a decade.

Next time people tell you that New Jersey's the breeding ground of philistines and barbarians, or that Latino culture in America offers nothing of lasting value, I hope you'll remember this man and quietly correct those who are not beyond correcting.

10-02-2012, 05:30 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Junot Diaz receives MacArthur Fellowship "a fiction writer using vernacular dialogue and spare, unsentimental prose to draw readers into the various and distinct worlds that immigrants must straddle (Junot Diaz); " Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/01/487...#storylink=cpy Just heard an interview with him on NPR this week. http://www.npr.org/2012/09/13/160762...esonant-voices amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...rds=Junot+Diaz also Dinaw Mengestu - http://www.macfound.org/fellows/870/ Last edited by kennyc; 10-02-2012 at 05:43 PM.

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10-02-2012, 05:45 PM	#2
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Thanks for posting this. I had put The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on my required reading list for next year.

10-02-2012, 05:51 PM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I've just added This is how you lose her to my wish list after hearing the interview and before this announcement.

10-02-2012, 10:11 PM	#4
Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,384 Karma: 31132263 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.	I don't know Mr. Diaz personally, but I can't help but be proud. Friends of mine, a few of them writers with Mr. Diaz's background, have supported him for a decade. Next time people tell you that New Jersey's the breeding ground of philistines and barbarians, or that Latino culture in America offers nothing of lasting value, I hope you'll remember this man and quietly correct those who are not beyond correcting.

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