Junot Diaz, on his influences

via TIME

Quote of the Day

Courtesy of my literary crush, Junot Diaz: How come I am not surprised [about being the first Latino elected to serve on the Pulitzer board]?…I guess that I’m standing in for hundreds of other qualified writers, artists who should have been in that position before me. That’s always what I think about when people tell

The Pura Principle

Junot Diaz has a new short story in The New Yorker! This makes me a very, very happy person.  The man is my literary crush, people.  You have no idea.  (Ahem, when he signed my copy of Drown, he wrote that I have “the greatest smile.”  *swoon*)  😉