The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead)
This wide-ranging yet intimate conversation with Junot Díaz explores many difficult subjects: sex addiction, cultural difference, the Dominican diaspora, dictatorship, new ways of thinking about the function of literature, and the necessity that we leave the isolation of our self-made cocoons.
Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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