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Santo Domingo.- Peppering the evening talk with words we cannot publish, Pulitzer laureate Junot Diaz told the audience gathered in Santo Domingo’s Carol Morgan School one of the possible reasons for his success: “I didn’t set out to be.”

He joked, mulled, laughed and chided his way through the evening, including a brief reading from his award-wining novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He also showed that the admitted nerd has enough of the Dominican “tigre” in him to offer up a well rounded vision of an immigrant.

Pleasantly candid, the author of the short story collection Drown has a way of taking you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions; a laugh here, poignancy there and on the level throughout.

Diaz will also take part in the Santo Domingo International Book Fair, where he’s expected to draw a throng of tigre-nerds yearning to feel the innards of one of their own.

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Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 1 May 2008 10:54 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
I hope this is only the first of many many schools senor Diaz visits he is an inspiration to young students of this country and better than 100 major league homeruns in a season
Written by: juliony, 1 May 2008 1:22 PM
From: United States, New YOrk
I'm still reading his book.... I'm done 66% of the book.. no mas comentario..
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 1 May 2008 2:15 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
then stop commenting.....do you think we are waiting for your verdict
Written by: josean, 2 May 2008 7:36 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
First, the schools will have to built before he can visit them, but in the mean time, he can read to the kids on the METRO if their isn't a power black out!
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 2 May 2008 7:54 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Josean we missed your sarcasm.....now say something nice about Senor Diaz
Written by: FranktheTank, 2 May 2008 11:36 AM
From: United Kingdom
then stop commenting.....do you think we are waiting for your verdict.
lol... your just itching for a fight........... do you miss ur buddy dreadlocks?
Written by: HispanolanoYoSoy This user is banned, 2 May 2008 1:15 PM
From: United States, Smyrna, GA

I have the greatest clip of Diaz. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcl71BD7fgA
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 2 May 2008 1:16 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Francois bonjourno....".dred the red " takes things to personally he needs to use his sense of humor more
Written by: Adrix, 4 May 2008 5:06 PM
From: United States
AMAZING! How people still try to talk about with josean. I can’t understand from any point of view the waist of time rebuffing josean his nasty and malicious commentaries. He is a paranoid that finds pleasure saying all kind of non sense against the DR, so one idiot try to engage in “I say, you say”. This is not a chat room. Make your comment al let josean spill and smell his own vomit. The more you attack this little fellow, happiest he will be. Get it!
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 4 May 2008 5:54 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
NO I dont get it ....what do you really mean..?....is there a hidden message here.?...did Josean say something that was not nice.?...I am shocked shocked
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