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I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

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