Junot Diaz in Conversation
“Junot DÃÂaz has one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic.” —The New York Times
Junot DÃÂaz‘s fiction is probing and funny. It’s also situated at the often challenging and always complex center of first-generation American experience. DÃÂaz, Dominican Republican–born and New Jersey–bred, has a knack for capturing the messy, maudlin, and majestic dramas of finding one’s way in a brand-new world. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýThis Is How You Lose Her visits ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµto reflect on, among other things, the ways that literature and politics intersect.
This program is presented in partnership with the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Humanities Institute and sponsored by the Alexa Fullerton Hampton ’42 Fund.
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