Junot Díaz

"An Evening with Junot Díaz", a benefit for Revolution Books, promises to be an unforgettable event. Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

A Book Club. Read then discuss.

Meeting continuously since 1992, our store-sponsored book group convenes in the bookstore on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm to discuss the best in fiction & nonfiction, with the occasional classic thrown in for fun. Newcomers & drop-ins are always welcome!PLEASE NOTE! WE WILL BE MEETING ... (more)ON THE 1ST WEDNESDAY THIS MONTH RATHER THAN TUESDAY! The most talked about--and praised--first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who--from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister-- dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukA--a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere --and risk it all--in the name of love.

Meeting continuously since 1992, our store-sponsored book group convenes in the bookstore on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm to discuss the best in fiction & nonfiction, with the occasional classic thrown in for fun. Newcomers & drop-ins are always welcome!The most talked about--and praised--first ... (more)novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who--from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister-- dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukA--a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere --and risk it all--in the name of love.

Followed by the discussion "From Santo Domingo to New York, the immigrants' experience in the USA".

Water Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731.

Join us for an afternoon reading with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz as he reads from and discusses his novel The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. Tickets for this event are $5 and can be purchased by e-mailing info@backpagesbooks.com. Each ticket can be redeemed for $5 off a copy of the ... (more)book

Book Group #3 meets to discuss Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Orinda Books--2nd Wednesday Book Group will meet and discuss The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. They meet monthly at Orinda Books and welcome new members.

The November book topic will be Junot Diaz's Pulitzer winning novel, THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. Free and Open To The Public. Stop by and share your views!

The Pulitzer-prize winning author reads from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a powerful, colorful and often funny novel spanning three generations and chronicling the Dominican and Dominican American experience. WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts.

Join us for our Adult Book Club meeting for our discussion of The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. New members always welcome.

Join our bookclub as they discuss the pulitzer prize winning first novel of Juniot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Junot Díaz, Dominican American novelist and short story writer, will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as the centerpiece of the Roberto Hernández Center’s 6th annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Díaz’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, ... (more)tells the tale of an overweight, self-loathing outcast who buries his heart in science fiction fantasies while balancing two lives and two cultures—in urban New Jersey and his native Dominican Republic. Wao’s story is couched in familial narratives of his “Banshees-loving punk chick” sister Lola and tough, rebellious mother.

Book Presentation by 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The book is about a family saga that spans three generations and two countries. It tells the tale of the overweight, nerdy Oscar de León, his dream of becoming “the Dominican Tolkien,” and his hopeless ... (more)search for love. Oscar is the latest victim of fukú, a curse that has plagued his family for generations, sentencing them to lives of suffering and ill-fated romance. Full of unforgettable characters and exhilarating, hypnotic prose, this novel confirms Junot Díaz as one of the best and most stunning voices of our time and offers us a moving look at humanity’s endless capacity to persevere and risk everything for love.

JUNOT DIAZ: THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO 7pm Junot Diaz visits with his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but
disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives ... (more)with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the fukú—the curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph (and Changing Hands staff selection for Best Novel of 2007), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time. Diaz is also author of the acclaimed story collection, Drown. His
fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Paris Review, and Best American Short Stories.
SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets
(free with book purchase) will be called alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line.
Seating opens to the general public fifteen minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

Author Junot Diaz will talk with Victoia Lautman about his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. Spanning three generations and six decades, it chronicles the ill-fated quest for love by Oscar de Leon an the struggle of his family to escape the curse known as the fuku. ... (more)

This program will be recorded for later broadcast on 98.7/WFMT Radio.

The young Dominican-American writer discusses his book. 202-364-1919.

Columbia College Story Week Festival of Writers 2008:

Stories Without Borders: Literary Rock & Roll
Readings by Junot Diaz, The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao;
ZZ Packer, from her novel-in-progress, The Thousands;
Colin Channer, The Girl with the Golden Shoes; performance
artist ... (more)Hillary Carlip, author, A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery
Shoppers. Music by Mucca Pazza, a 30-piece "circus punk" marching band. Book signings to follow; all ages welcome.

Columbia College Chicago : Story Week 2008

Panel: New American Voices, Poverty & Privilege
with Junot Diaz, Drown; ZZ Packer, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere;
Colin Channer, Waiting in Vain; Alexis Pride, Where the River Ends;
Don De Grazia, American Skin
Host: Ian Jack, columnist, ... (more)The Guardian,
author, and former editor, Granta
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St., Chicago

"Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, Junot Diaz (February 25) made his debut with Drown, a collection of autobiographical stories. His novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was published to critical acclaim in the US last year and is published in February."

Individual ... (more)tickets priced £5 (no concs) and season tickets priced £45 (£40 concs) are available from the box office on 01603 508050.