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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
- “I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.”Junot Diaz
- “I don't think I could have tackled 'The Pura Principle' until now. It takes me about twenty years to come to…”Junot Diaz
- “My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live…”Junot Diaz
- “New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. I always felt that those two landscapes…”Junot Diaz
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