Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.
Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 13-24 of 44
» View wsbtradio.com items only
    Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Back-to-back book festivals coming this fall

    Book lovers in the Baltimore-Washington area should circle September on their calendars, to save dates for a pair of big festivals.
    Book lovers in the Baltimore-Washington area should circle September on their calendars, to save dates for a pair of big festivals. The Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held Sept. 21 and 22 on the mall in Washington. The event always...

    Tags: Patricia Cornwell, Baltimore Book Festival, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Library of Congress

    2. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. National Book Critics Circle Award winners announced

    First-time novelist Ben Fountain won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction Thursday for “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” a darkly comic send-up of the emotional and cultural aftermath of the Iraq War.
    First-time novelist Ben Fountain won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction Thursday for “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” a darkly comic send-up of the emotional and cultural aftermath of the Iraq War. The awards were...

    Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Authors, Lyndon B. Johnson

    3. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Searching for Proust in his papers -- and finding his mother

    A mother looms over the narrator — figuratively and literally — in Marcel Proust’s masterpiece, the seven-volume novel “In Search of Lost Time.” Not that it’s a big surprise, but thanks to an exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, we now know that a similarly dominant mother figure loomed over Proust in real life.
    A mother looms over the narrator — figuratively and literally — in Marcel Proust’s masterpiece, the seven-volume novel “In Search of Lost Time.” Not that it’s a big surprise, but thanks to an exhibit at the Morgan...

    Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Yamim Noraim

    4. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Toni Morrison hangs out at a digital book signing on Google+ today

    Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what’s billed as a "first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST).
    Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what’s billed as a "first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST)....

    Tags: Google Play, African-American History Month, Book, Black History, Google+

    5. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Junot Diaz lands on shortlist for $45,000 British short story prize

    Dominican American writer Junot Diaz is on the shortlist for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award. The British prize is said to be the world's largest for a single short story: The winner will receive more than $45,000.
    Dominican American writer Junot Diaz is on the shortlist for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award. The British prize is said to be the world's largest for a single short story: The winner will receive more than $45,000. It's Diaz's...

    Tags: The New York Times, Republic of Ireland, Google+, Authors

    6. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Six great Latin American artists speak in new e-book series

    Since 2010, the New York- and Venezuela-based <a href=&quot;http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/">Fundaci&oacute;n Cisernos</a> has published a series of critically acclaimed books in which several of Latin America&rsquo;s most renowned modern artists speak. &nbsp;
    Since 2010, the New York- and Venezuela-based Fundación Cisernos has published a series of critically acclaimed books in which several of Latin America’s most renowned modern artists speak.   They’re gorgeous, thoughtful books, in which...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Venezuela, Fine Artists, Artists

    7. Jan 19, 2013 |Story| SFL

  7. Author not tired of 'Sleep'

    Clement Clarke Moore is said to have died bitter that he would be remembered for &quot;The Night Before Christmas," and not his massive scholarly works on religion and the classics. By contrast, Adam Mansbach is delighted to be risking a similar fate.
    Clement Clarke Moore is said to have died bitter that he would be remembered for "The Night Before Christmas," and not his massive scholarly works on religion and the classics. By contrast, Adam Mansbach is delighted to be risking a similar fate....

    Tags: Literature, Book, Arts and Culture, Michael Chabon, Authors

    8. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Congrats to the Story Prize finalists

    I admit, I'm playing catch-up here, but I couldn't let another moment go by without acknowledging the Story Prize finalists, which were announced Tuesday. The three short story collections in the running are Dan Chaon's "Stay Awake," Junot Diaz's "This Is...

    Tags: Google+

    9. Dec 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The buzz in Paris: What books do international writers recommend?

    Few people read more literature that’s written outside their own borders than the French. And if you want to get a really good sense about what’s out there in the vast multilingual world of books, there’s no better place to look than a...

    Tags: Fiction, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Literature, Iraq War (2003-2011), Book

    10. Nov 16, 2012 |Story| SFL

  10. Miami Book Fair weekend: Literally yours

    It's not even the weekend, and the Miami Book Fair International has so far delivered a who's who of celebrated authors in Tom Wolfe, Junot Diaz, Sandra Cisneros and others. Literary giants though they are, consider them a palate cleanser to what really draws the glut of book lovers to downtown Miami: The weeklong fair's most-popular and best-recognized feature, the open-air sprawl of booksellers and music known as the Street Fair.
    It's not even the weekend, and the Miami Book Fair International has so far delivered a who's who of celebrated authors in Tom Wolfe, Junot Diaz, Sandra Cisneros and others. Literary giants though they are, consider them a palate cleanser to what really...

    Tags: Miami Book Fair International, Andrew McCarthy, Ozomatli (music group), Arts and Culture, Dave Barry

    11. Nov 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Erdrich, Boo win National Book Awards

    Tribune newspapers
    Novelist Louise Erdrich and journalist Katherine Boo took the top prizes at the National Book Awards in New York on Wednesday night. Although set half a world apart, both women's books express what Boo described as "small stories in so-called hidden...

    Tags: Stephen King, Book, New York City, Arts and Culture, Fantasy (genre)

    12. Sep 16, 2012 |Story| SFL

  12. Junot Diaz is on fire

    Junot Diaz is no stranger to South Florida, having appeared at the Miami Book Fair International and the Key West Literary Seminar on numerous occasions. But his familiarity with Fort Lauderdale, a place he praises with only a touch of good-natured sarcasm, predates his literary celebrity.
    Junot Diaz is no stranger to South Florida, having appeared at the Miami Book Fair International and the Key West Literary Seminar on numerous occasions. But his familiarity with Fort Lauderdale, a place he praises with only a touch of good-natured...

    Tags: Immigration, Miami Book Fair International, Stephen King, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events

< Previous • 1  2  3 4 • Next >
Original site for Junot Diaz topic gallery.
Loading...
 
 

Date:

Credit:

User-submitted

Tags:

Rate:
Sending...

E-mail this photo

Error: malformed email address(es)
Both "from" and "recipient" email fields are required.

Recipient E-mail Addresses

(up to 3, separated by commas) Send me a copy.

From:

e-mail | buy this photo | link to photo
Junot Diaz Photos
In lyrical but unsentimental works of fiction, Diaz tak...
(October 1, 2012)
Junot Diaz, 43, Cambridge
Author Junot Diaz
(August 26, 2012)
Author Junot Diaz
Author Junot Diaz
(August 26, 2012)
Author Junot Diaz
 » All 4 Junot Diaz photos