There are numerous ways to tell stories. In her turn MFA program, one writer encountered a literary culture that espoused gendered aesthetics and fostered toxic masculinity.
Junot Diaz
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On Junot Díaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning
The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
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Junot Diaz on The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
Junot Diaz suffered for years after being raped by a trusted adult at age 8.
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Junot Díaz on What It’s Like to Be an Immigrant in America
“Who am I and how did I get here? The way I was doing it was through books.”
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The Fault in Our Canon: A Reading List About Problems in the Literary Canon
This brief list is but a glimpse of the complex, crucial and ongoing discussion about the importance of inclusivity and the problems with privilege in the literary canon. Please share your recommendations: essays and articles in this vein, books you wish the canon could accept, etc. 1. “On ‘The John Green Effect,’ Contemporary Realism, and […]
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[Fiction] A teenager’s grief and its aftermath: Years later, you would wonder if it hadn’t been for your brother would you have done it? You’d remember how all the other guys had hated on her—how skinny she was, no culo, no titties, como un palito, but your brother didn’t care. I’d fuck her. You’d fuck […]