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Junot Diaz Gets Honorary Doctorate From Brown University

By Amaris Castillo | 05/28/2013 - 13:23 | 0 Comments

Junot Díaz received an honorary doctorate from Brown University on Sunday. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the acclaimed writer received one of six honorary doctorate degrees from the Ivy League institution in...

Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report

How Sweet! Colbert Gives Junot Diaz 'F U' Sweatshirt (VIDEO)

By Sugey Palomares | 03/27/2013 - 15:08 | 0 Comments

Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Diaz paid comedian Stephen Colbert a visit on Monday night's Colbert Report. The satirical host...

Author Junot Diaz in 2008

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Two Latinos Given 'Genius Grants'

By Samantha Leal | 10/02/2012 - 09:51 | 0 Comments

The recipients of the MacArthur Fellowships (also known as "Genius Grants") have been named for 2012. Included in the list of 23 outstanding individuals are two Latinos: Natalia Almada, the 37-year-old filmmaker who resides in both Mexico City and New York and Junot Diaz, the 43-year-old Dominican-American...

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz Chats About His New Book 'This Is How You Lose Her'

By Celia San Miguel | 09/13/2012 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Five years ago, Dominican American Jersey boy Junot Diaz’s debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, making him just the second Latino to achieve this honor, following Oscar Hijuelos (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love). This week, the 43-year-...

Junot Díaz On His Afro-Latino Childhood Experience

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Junot Díaz On The Challenges of Growing Up Afro-Latino

By Fox News Latino | 10/13/2011 - 14:24 | 0 Comments

Dominican American writer Junot Díaz didn’t always feel accepted as a child. In an interview with Fox News Latino, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author spoke about growing up in the 80s as an...

Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz on 'Oscar Wao', the movie

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz on 'Oscar Wao', the movie

By Angie Romero | 08/25/2010 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz likes to take his sweet time. In fact, it could be another ten years before we read another thing from him. (The good news is that he’s already started working on it—...