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I don't think you can be from the Caribbean and not know a certain amount about the apocalypse.

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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
Faculty Member
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Junot Diaz
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Amount
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Caribbean

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