Boston Review — Junot Diaz

Editor Junot Diaz wins Pulitzer Prize for his first novel,

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Congratulations, Junot....very good to know that there is some good judgment out there.

— posted 04/07/2008 at 18:29 by Joshua Cohen

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This is THE book that my wife and I have been talking about this year. Thank you so much for this work, and congratulations!

— posted 04/07/2008 at 22:13 by Benjamin Paloff

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Congratulations Junot!

It is a wondrous story that you wrote and I am glad the world recognizes your great feat. Please keep giving birth to more!

— posted 04/10/2008 at 15:25 by Pura Rojas

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Congratulations

I read 'Oscar Wao' from cover to cover the night I picked up. Easily the most inventive and well-written book I have read in years, it's characters are unforgettable.

— posted 04/11/2008 at 11:43 by Michael Skocay

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Felicidaded!

This is no surprise to me! Keep up the fly-ass work! You are an inspiration to many!

— posted 04/11/2008 at 14:37 by Dena Simmons

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Thank you and Congratulations

I read Drown and Oscar Wao, loved both. It's magic when characters stay with you long after the book is put down. Glad to see recognition for your work. Well done.

-Jacqueline Church (at) wordpress (dot) com

— posted 04/16/2008 at 22:23 by Jacqueline Church

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Orgullo Dominicano

Mr. Diaz mi respeto pa' ti papa. You're the inspiration to many beginers Latin American writers y que viva la Republica Dominicana y los platanos!!!...

— posted 06/02/2008 at 20:47 by Lugo

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Junot Diaz

I was wondering if there was some sort of way to get in contact via email with Junot Diaz.

— posted 06/16/2008 at 19:25 by Joaquin Pimentel

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Oscar

At first I thought your novel was kind of a racy, sensationalist, almost trash novel. But I felt it improved considerably as I read it. I thought Oscar at the end was portrayed with extraordinary sensitivity.
The description of the ancillary pleasures of his first sexual experience were quite touching.

I was taken back by one line where you almost savagely criticize the ECONOMY of the Reagan administration albeit in a single sentence. You seem, I think, to forget there was a president in between Reagan and Clinton. It is pretty hard to understand the basics of economics and not know that the economy boomed under Reagan. He did not win 49 states by accident.

I enjoyed your book and was first introduced to your work in a creative writing class I took at the University of Chicago last year, my Alma Mater albeit 42 years ago. I suspect your next book will be even better.

Best,

Lee Tabin

— posted 07/10/2008 at 14:01 by lee tabin

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Hey, Juni -

Congratulations! You made it! Lots of love and congrats to you. The book is beautiful - rereading it now.

Wish I'd gotten to see you more when you were out with Nuyoricans back in the day. I still have my copy of "Boogernose."

- Meri (yes, from Demarest)

— posted 07/21/2008 at 12:44 by Meri Robie-Craven


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About the Author

Junot Diaz is a writer and professor at MIT, and is the current fiction editor of the Boston Review. His stories have appeared in The Paris Review and The New Yorker, and he's the author of several books, including Drown and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.