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December 25, 2000

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Featured Pick

fiction

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz’s story about Oscar de León, a Dominican boy nicknamed Oscar Wao for his resemblance to Oscar Wilde, told by his college roommate.