Junot Daaz's fiction has appeared in "The New Yorker," "The Paris Review," and "The Best American Short Stories," His debut story collection, "Drown," was a publishing sensation of unprecedented acclaim, became a national bestseller, won numerous awards, and is now a landmark of contemporary literature. He was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, and now lives in New York City and Boston, where he teaches at MIT.
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