His 1997 debut collection of short stories, the bestseller "Drown," draws from his impoverished youth in the Dominican Republic and his struggle with immigrant life as an adolescent in New Jersey. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University. He is also the fiction editor of the Boston Review.
Once praised by Newsweek as having 'the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet,' his stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, and The New Yorker. Diaz will read from his new and previously published work, then take questions. A book signing and reception will follow. For more information call the Grand Valley Writing Department at (616) 331-3411.
