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I was surrounded by a lot of male writers of color who have this incredibly bizarre relationship to masculinity. It's like we were all mega-nerds but you would never know that if you listened to the way they talk about themselves.

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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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