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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Friday, March 24, 2023

Luiz Feliz ’13

Contributing Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: September 25, 2012

Latest Article: September 25, 2012

A Champion of Keeping It Real: Junot Diaz

By Luiz Feliz ’13

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September 25, 2012

Few contemporary writers have been anointed with as much praise as Junot Díaz. Since 1996, when he first burst onto the literary scene and was immediately exalted as a promising upstart with a distinctive voice, Mr. Díaz has been the darling of the literary mainstream, a recognition that has earned him induction into the pages of The New Yorker and into the Pulitzer Prize board from which he received his very own trophy in 2008. Over the last few weeks, book reviewers — from Leah Hager Cohen at

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