Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda’s voice recalls Richard Price,… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I took a fiction-writing workshop my sophomore year at Northwestern, and I hadn't yet read Junot Diaz or George Saunders, Flannery O'Connor.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“Americanah; Ayad Akhtar, American Dervish; Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents; Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street; Junot… — Cristina Henriquez Copy Share Image
I love Roald Dahl, Sharon Olds, Nizar Qabbani, who is a poet, and Junot Diaz. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I always thought books were just the canon, things I couldn't identify with. And then I was introduced to really amazing multicultural… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
I admire Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Strout, D. O. Fagunwa, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colm Toibin… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
“We all have a blind spot around our privileges shaped exactly like us,” Junot Díaz has said, and it can create blindness… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“Colonial power, patriarchal power, capitalist power must always and everywhere be battled, because they never, ever quit. (Junot Diaz)” — Carolina De Robertis Copy Share Image
“I just read this great quote by Junot Diaz, he was talking about true intimacy, and he was saying that it was… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
