Tagged: Junot Diaz

Topical Currents
1:00 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

Cultural Competency For the Health Professional; Novelist Junot Diaz

12/11/12 - Tuesday's Topical Currents begins with University of Miami professor Dr. Patti Rose, who specializes in cultural diversity issues which face health professionals -- and interactions with patients and families.  And more.  Literary contributor Ariel Gonzalez interviews award-winning novelist Junot Diaz.  Recently awarded a sizeable “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation.  His latest book is a collection of themed short-stories called, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER.

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Miami Book Fair International
12:00 pm
Fri November 23, 2012

Tweet Us A Story Remix: We Have A Winner

Credit Daniel Toy
Daniel Toy commemorated the Miami Book Fair International with us on the opposite side of the East Coast as the winner of our Tweet Us a Story Remix.

Two weeks ago, we asked you to co-author a story with Junot Diaz.

Last week, we asked you to remix that story with submissions that may or may not have made the final narrative.

This week, we have a winner.

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Junot Díaz At The Book Fair
6:47 am
Mon November 12, 2012

Junot Díaz: Giant Monsters, Linguistics, And Five Years Of Freedom

Credit Nina Subin
Junot Díaz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.