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Francis College Literary Prize and helps sponsor and host events for Visits by these authors, the College also offers the biennial $50,000

Francis College'sĬommitment to supporting Brooklyn's literary community. The Walt Whitman Series is a continuation of St. Previous authors include Charles Baxter, George Saunders, James Salter, Colum McCann, Ben Marcus, Dinaw Mengestu, Kate Christensen, Julie Orringer, Jonathan Lethem, Darcey Steinke, and Rick Moody.

Francis for the Walt Whitman Series which continues to bring top contemporary authors to Brooklyn Heights to share their work and writing experiences with students, faculty and the entire Brooklyn community. Francis College English Professor Theo Gangi, who is also the Director of the College Writing Program.ĭíaz is the twelth writer to visit St. "Junot Díaz is among the most influential novelists alive," said St. Díaz read from his collection of short stories, Drown, and answered questions from the editor of Buzzfeed Books, Isaac Fitzgerald as well as from members of the audience. Francis College as the latest speaker in the Walt Whitman Writers Series. Díaz went into the overflow room and spent a half hour talking with the audience, before the formal event began. Dozens had to be turned away and 100 people were set to watch the event from an adjoining room.īut that wasn't good enough for the writer of, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which was named the best novel of the 21st century so far by BBC Culture. Don’t come for her, she just really loves hot water.The line wrapped around the block, hundreds deep, two hours before author Junot Díaz's was set to speak on April 16 at St. She knows some people hate baths, and to them she says the key to a good one is to wash up before you sit in the tub. I highly recommend, especially if you plan to bring them in the bath with you after a hike.Ĭasey Russell is the arts & entertainment editor. It’s a low-pressure way to restart a reading habit, and a great way to switch it up if you’ve been plowing through 400-plus page novels. It’s something you can pick up and enjoy, then put it back down again without wondering what happened in the previous chapter. You get a quick slice of life, one that’s contained to however many words. Picking a collection of short stories is like watching a sitcom vs. I’ve been working on Ernest Hemingway’s full short story catalog for a few years now. At the same time I’m reading Díaz, I’m also reading “Theft By Finding,” which is David Sedaris’ edited diaries from 1979-2002. Junot Díaz is a professor of creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Īnd from a broader perspective, the short story format is one that I think is often overlooked by readers.