In a series of video interviews Miguel Syjuco discusses his first novel Ilustrado, the experimental process he used to write it, writing jokes without punchlines, and addresses the question of whether he is the author or the character.
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A graduate of Rutgers College, Junot Diaz is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book ... (more)
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