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Ybon was the one who suggested calling the wait something else. Yeah, like what? Maybe, she said, you could call it life.

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