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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!!!...

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

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

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)

Hey,

My name is Maria Antonia Rahartati, I am Indonesian, 66, I work as a freelance translator. The Mizan publisher entrusted me the translation of Oscar Wao. Even though it's not my first job - I have translated 95 books from French and English into Indonesian for several Indonesian Publishing House - I have difficulties to find the equivalent meaning in Indonesian, especially the Spanglish words. Do you mind giving me your email address so that you can help me to better grasp your message? Thank you very much.