Junot Diaz Spreads A Little Literary Love Uptown
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Pulitzer Prize winning Author, Junot Diaz, was in the neighborhood yesterday to spread a little literary love. Junot Diaz teamed up with the office of Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and Dr. Eduardo Pignanelli of the Amsterdam Medical Practice for the book signing and giveaway of 200 copies of his work. The [...]
Online effort saves neighborhood book store in Washington Heights | 7online
BY Art McFarland WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (WABC) — A now vacant storefront in Washington Heights had a short life as a community bookstore known as Word Up. “The neighborhood has seemed to say, ‘Yes, we want this and we want Word Up to be the ones bringing it,” book store founder Vanessa Liu said. Run by [...]
Word Up Books Rises Again…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember when Word Up Books was just an idea. Before it had a space, before it even had a name, it was just an idea. The thinking was let’s create a space for books, for community and for people to come together and develop and nourish each other with words, [...]
Junot Díaz Appeals for Word Up Community Bookshop Support | GalleyCat
By Jason Boog Novelist Junot Diaz delivered a passionate appeal to readers on YouTube, urging them to donate to the Word Up Community Bookshop campaign on IndieGoGo. The bookseller and community space in Washington Heights, New York City only has five days left to reach its goal of $60,000 on the fundraising site. Here’s more [...]
Cafecito: Junot Diaz on finding your voice | NBC Latino
by Feliciano Garcia and Martin Garcia Flores
The Clock is Ticking… Support Word Up Books
A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our goal by January 1. Please help in any way you can; contributions of $5, $10, $15 are still incredibly [...]
Donate to Word Up Books & Win A Signed Junot Díaz Book
Okay folks, the first 3 people who donate at least $50 now (or if you increase your pledge by any amount): you will get, on top of all the regular perks, a signed Junot Díaz book. To win, you have to reference Uptown Collective in the indiegogo comments section, so we all know you heard [...]
My New York: Junot Diaz | NBC
Junot recently showed NBC around some of his favorite haunts Uptown. He made stops at La Casa Azul Bookstore, Patsy’s Pizza and La Marina.
The Platano Index: A Q&A With Junot Diaz
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Junot Díaz is one of my heroes. Until I read Drown, I didn’t even really believe that I could be a writer. After consuming that book whole, I was irrevocably changed. More than just relatable, for me, the book was a revelation with it’s intelligent use of the Dominican vernacular and [...]
Junot Díaz Wins Prestigous MacArthur Genius Grant
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember thinking when I first read Drown, damn Junot Díaz is a genius. Well, he is now officially a genius. Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation announced their 2012 MacArthur Fellows and the immensely talented Mr. Díaz was one of the recipients. On top of joining a select group of [...]
Save the Date: Junot Díaz @ the 92Y On December 17th
Junot Diaz and Julie Otsuka Monday, December 17th, 8 pm Kaufman Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd St Ok, we really don’t need to say much. Pulitzer Award-winning author Author Junot Díaz is a literary rock-star. He will be at the 92 Y with Julie Otsuka on Monday, December 17th. While that seems like a long [...]
Led Black: Un Pie Aqui y Uno Alla | Huffington Post
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The term “un pie aqui y uno alla” (one foot here and one foot there) succinctly describes the bi-national existences led by many of the Dominicans and Dominican-Americans in the United States. Living and working in this country but maintaining close ties to the Dominican Republic, its people, customs and culture [...]
Barhopping with Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz | Grantland
We tag along with the Pulitzer Prize winner on a tour of his favorite NY watering holes By Amos Barshad In 2007, after winning the Pulitizer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz was asked how it felt to be the first Dominican writer to nab one of literature’s [...]
This Is How You Lose Her By Junot Díaz Drops Today
That’s right folks, the long-awaited new book by Junot Díaz, “This Is How You Lose Her”, is finally available for purchase. The Pulitzer Prize-Award winning author returns with a collection of short stories about love, lust, longing and infidelity. According to the always astute and funny Junot Díaz, this is the book for the cheaters [...]
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Junot Díaz Endorses Adriano Espaillat for Congress
Like I have said on many occasions, outside of the Presidential election, the race for the 13th Congressional district is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in all of the nation. This is what the incomparable Junot Diaz had to say about State Senator Adrian Espaillat. “We need a leader who will [...]
Levente no.Yolayorkdominicanyork – A Reading With Josefina Báez This Friday
“Llegué yo, la hija de Esperanza la billetera. Cobrá, cansá, cabriá, con celular y celulitis. ¡Cámbiame los vasos y los hombres!” From the book Levente no.Yolayorkdominicanyork Ay Ombe Theatre, Casa Verde Camila and Broadway Housing Communities present Levente no.Yolayorkdominicanyork. A Reading, with Josefina Báez, Friday March 9th, 6pm, at Rio Gallery II, 583 Riverside Dr. [...]
New Junot Diaz Book To Be Released In September
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) The wait is over, now the countdown begins. That’s right people, our favorite and only Pulitzer-Prize winning Dominican, Junot Diaz, has a new book that will be released in September. Enticingly entitled “This Is How You Lose Her”, the book is a collection of [...]
The Uptown Collective Presents The Weekend
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Okay folks, since we are experiencing this awesome but freaky weather for February, check out some greats things to do this weekend Uptown and beyond. First of all, the utterly incredible weekly Word Up Books Open Mic goes down every Friday from 6 to 7pm. Check it out for yourself. Check [...]
Family Literacy Day With Special Guest Junot Diaz Today @ Gregorio Luperon High School
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and friend to the UC will be taking part in the festivities at Gregorio Luperon High School (501 W. 165th St.) today from 5 to 7 p.m. Reception follows from 7:30 to 10 p.m., at 809 Lounge (112 Dyckman St.). Free books will be given to all the children in attendance. Sponsored [...]
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll: A Retrospective
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Last year was my first ever Uptown Arts Stroll and it was magical. The opening event was held at the majestic but under-appreciated Hispanic Society of America (Audubon Terrace – Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets). It was, I am somewhat ashamed to admit, my first time inside that awesome institution. [...]
Must Read Manhattan Times Interview with Junot Diaz
Debralee Santos: In this new adaptation of OSCAR WAO, Elvis Nolasco performs in a one-man show. You conceived of these characters now being brought to life on stage “por una sola persona” – how does that feel/sound to you, given how deeply you imagined and long you lived with the characters Nolasco now inhabits?Is that [...]
Last Saturday Night @ The Shabazz Center As Seen By Dj Boy
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) For more: http://facebook.com/whoisdjboy
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