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Run a hand through your hair, like the white boys do, even though the only thing that runs easily through your hair is Africa.

Junot Diaz

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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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Hair
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