Junot Díaz, author portrait
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Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Diaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review, and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at MIT. 
Islandborn
Lola
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
This Is How You Lose Her
Best African American Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie)
Drown

Books

Islandborn
Lola
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
This Is How You Lose Her
Best African American Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie)
Drown

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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