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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz is best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. An M.I.T. creative writing professor, Diaz’s work, which revolves around the immigrant experience, has received critical praise, earning him a MacArthur Genius Grant. A champion for undocumented immigrants and co-founder of the Voices of Our Nation workshop, Diaz is the first Latino Pulitzer Prize juror.

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