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Junot Díaz: An Open Book

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I occasionally stumble upon cool videos that help combat writer’s block. This is one of them. Check out Slate V’s new interview series with writers discussing their craft. It’s really inspirational, especially when time is on procrastination mode.

Writer Junot Díaz immigrated from the Dominican Republic to Parlin, New Jersey in 1974. In 2007. Thirty three years later he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007).