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About Junot Diaz
Dominican American writer and creative writing professor
Junot Díaz is a Dominican American writer and creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 131 quotes on the site. He was also a former fiction editor at Boston Review. His work centers on the immigrant experience, especially the Latino immigrant experience. That focus shapes much of what he is known for as a writer and teacher.
More from Junot Diaz (131 quotes) →More quotes by Junot Diaz
- “Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time.”Junot Diaz
- “Artists are not cheerleaders, and we're not the heads of tourism boards. We expose and discuss what is proble…”Junot Diaz
- “Even if you didn't come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to a…”Junot Diaz
- “Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.”Junot Diaz
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