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Oscar Wao got me interested in the DR history, and S.Americas history in general. I have been obsessively reading books that deal with dictatorships in SA since then.

Amazing how much you can learn from fiction!

Do you read Japanese literature and what is your favorite author or book?

Dear Junot,

Thanks for showing up for the date with all of us. We would have hated being stood up. :) I have started reading your books after stumbling upon the enormous treasure of M.Silverblatt interviews. I loved them, your frank language and I watched all 1584 hours of your interviews/lectures on youtube (Probably more time than I spent listening to L.Cohen!) and first question, does your back still hurt? Are you interested in writing about some things that youre not very familiar about? For example, writing about a community other than your own? Moving somewhere, familiarizing with the culture, and eventually write about it, like for example, Llosa did? Could you tell us about some of the things you like to do? Any peculiar hobby or interest? Are you growing organic tomatoes, learning italian, visiting manicurist? there has to be something! :)

Greetings from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina