JEFFREY BROWN: This character Yunior that you referred to is one thread that holds these stories together. JUNOT DIAZ: Well, yeah, I had been working on this book, which I had despaired at ever completing, I had been working on this book since immediately after “Drown.” I had this idea of creating this book, about taking a look at Yunior’s infidelity and its roots and that’s how it started. JEFFREY BROWN: We last talked about Oscar Wao and we spent a day, a very pleasant day, in Manhattan that I remember, but I gather some of these stories were in your head or in the planning before that, is that what I read? JUNOT DIAZ: Yes, so great for you to have me again. Junot Diaz joins us from the midst of a book tour. The writer Junot Diaz is back with a new collection of stories titled “This Is How You Lose Her,” and they feature several characters from his last book, his first novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2007. JEFFREY BROWN: Welcome again to Art Beat. I first spoke to Diaz back in April 2008, but I caught up with him last week while he is in the midst of a book tour: The stories look at themes of family, love and infidelity, and are all told through Yunior, Diaz’s dazzling character and narrator from “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” The writer Junot Diaz is back with a new collection of stories titled “This Is How You Lose Her.” They feature several characters from his first novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008.
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