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Summer reading

S wrote 23 hours ago: Lots of beachy (read: going-to-be-movies) books on the list but enjoyable nonetheless. A welcome … more →

Tags: Literature, Eat Pray Love, Don DeLillo, White Noise, Revolutionary Road, My Sister's Keeper, julie and julia, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Kevin Wilder wrote 3 days ago: Cross-posted at Some New Trend: Though #28 is not brief (335 pgs.), it is wondrous, and has a lot to … more →

Tags: 2009 in Books, Fiction, Junot Diaz

A brief and (not so) wondrous book review

April wrote 1 month ago: Things you should not be afraid of if you read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. … more →

Tags: Commentary, Review, Love, Dominican History

Books: May3 comments

kristynwinters wrote 1 month ago: I keep forgetting to post my book log from May: The Best American Short Stories 2008 – Ed. Salmon Ru … more →

Tags: Books, Junot Diaz, Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Best American Short Stories 2008

What the F' Is El Baile del Perrito?

ButterLife wrote 1 month ago: One of the things that ultimately earned “The Brief Wondrous Life…” a Pulitzer is … more →

Tags: BKBC Resources, videos

Need Dominican (Spanish) Slang Dictionary?

ButterLife wrote 1 month ago: It doesn’t take an hour before you realize Junot Díaz bombarded “The Brief Wondrous Life … more →

Tags: BKBC Resources, Glossary, slang, spanish

Wao

jess wrote 2 months ago: I am reading a book of fiction for no one but myself that I sincerely and realistically expect to fi … more →

Tags: Current Events, Tangents, A little Princess, Alfonso Cuaron, Area Studies, blindness, Concordia University Bookstore, diasporic literature, diasporic studies

Junot Diaz & Adam Mansbach - (In)Disposable Heroes of Hip-Hop (Literacy)2 comments

colinresponse wrote 2 months ago: I read both of these books a while back but felt a need to recommend them highly to anyone who is ou … more →

Tags: Miseducation, Hip-Hop is asleep, dem(hyp)ocracy, (S)heroes, Read a Bucking Fook, adam mansbach, Angry Black Whiteboy, Junot Diaz

Sick Days, Swelter Days (and no, I don't have Swine Flu)

feitelogram wrote 2 months ago: “Well. I guess you have swine flu.” I heard this many different times over this weekend, … more →

Tags: Self-Deprecation, Story, School, Movies, New York, plugging, Robert Malone, Zephyr Benson, Dan Clifton

All roads lead to the City

Moira Clunie wrote 2 months ago: She awakened just as in her dreams some ciegos were boarding a bus, begging for money, a dream from … more →

Tags: book, Novels, Oscar Wilde, Junot Diaz, Kim Hill, Dominican Republic, New Jersey

Junot Diaz on WATCHMEN and More

Zack wrote 3 months ago: Future Vision: Looking Ahead at Comics with Junot Diaz By Zack Smith Our two-part talk with Puli … more →

Tags: Best of the Blog, Junot Diaz, Newsarama, Oscar Wao, Watchmen

Junot Diaz on Pop Culture, Part One

Zack wrote 3 months ago: Junot Diaz on Life After Oscar Wao and All Things Pop By Zack Smith posted: 07 April 2009 03:16 pm … more →

Tags: Best of the Blog, Junot Diaz, Newsarama, Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Briefly Entertaining

iamjustindavis wrote 3 months ago: I don’t know what it is, but I think I’ve acquired a knack for disliking award-winning … more →

Tags: Literature, New Jersey, Book Review, Junot Diaz, The Road, Cormac Mccarthy, ghetto nerd

The Malden Book Club: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz4 comments

Mike G. wrote 3 months ago: Two things I like to look for in a novel: something familiar and something foreign. The familiarity … more →

Tags: now that's entertainment, Books, Junot Diaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

blueridgebookworm wrote 3 months ago:   It’s always kinda fun to start reading a book you know absolutely nothing about.  This one  … more →

Tags: Adult, Fiction, Junot Diaz

Drown by Junot Díaz

girlwunder wrote 3 months ago: Title: Drown Author: Junot Díaz Category: Fiction, short story collection Worth It? Without question … more →

Tags: Fiction, drown, diaz, Junot Diaz, Dominican Writers, Book Reviews

The Not So Brief Wondrous Duty of a Pediatric Intern3 comments

theintern99 wrote 3 months ago: I was feeling awful on my 24-hour duty last Friday; I had to leave my post at the pediatrics ward (a … more →

Tags: internship, PEDIATRICS, pediatric intern, 24-hour-duty

Garden State Featured in 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner's Novel1 comment

iamjustindavis wrote 4 months ago: After doing some research on the Internet for my next book review, I stumbled upon a feature article … more →

Tags: Literature, New Jersey, Book Review, Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize, Fiction

Book Review: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz22 comments

Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog wrote 4 months ago: I read this book for the Book Awards Challenge. Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut no … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Awards Challenge, Books, Fiction, Reading, Junot Diaz, Award Winning Books


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