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StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

About the Substack

“So howled out for the world to give him a name.
The indark answered with wind.”
― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren

:: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

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About Junot Díaz

Wrote The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, This Is How You Lose Her and some others. Always thinking about fiction, diasporas, worldbuilding and why my mom spelled my name 3 different ways.

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