For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be distributed at an almost sub-atomic level. Otherwise, you fall into the kind of preachy, moralistic fable that I don't think makes for good literature. Junot Diaz artatomicdistribute share on social
Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done. Junot Diaz colleaguementorreal Change image and share on social
Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it. Junot Diaz americandocumentfuture Change image and share on social
Genre might certainly increase some of your narrative freedoms, but it also diminishes others. That's the nature of genre. Junot Diaz diminishfreedomgenre Change image and share on social
I love 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' That was like the only black book we read in high school. Junot Diaz autobiographyblackbook Change image and share on social
Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family. Junot Diaz addressblankcheque Change image and share on social
I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. Junot Diaz geekykidobsess Change image and share on social
I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey. Junot Diaz dominicanjerseykid Change image and share on social
Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some of my favorites, Gina Franco and Angela Shaw and Cornelius Eady and Kevin Young, remind me daily that unless the words sing and dance, what's the use of putting them down on paper. Junot Diaz angelabeltcornelius share on social