Dominican Republic Quotes - Page 2

• I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like I'm always leaving my home. That's part of the formula. I love the Dominican Republic. I go back all the time. I love New Jersey. Go back all the time.

  Junot Diaz

  Powerful, Home, Leaving

  "A long-term relationship". Interview with Elizabeth Taylor, www.chicagotribune.com. September 21, 2012.

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• For my first three books the setting (or place if you will) has always been a given - N.J. and the Dominican Republic and some N.Y.C. - so from one perspective you could say that the place in my work always comes first.

  Junot Diaz

  Book, Perspective, Three

  "Old friends Junot Díaz and Francisco Goldman talk shop". Barnes & Noble Review Interview, www.csmonitor.com. September 14, 2012.

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