Junot Diaz was on The Colbert Report last night. Today The New York Observer linked to the clip and cross-referenced Diaz's triffid allusion -- a reference which spurred Colbert and Diaz to some (cute) bonding over their shared geekiness. If you missed it last night, check it out now!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A Pulitzer: What is it Exactly?
Posted by bonhomie page at 6/19/2008 06:47:00 PM
Labels: Colbert Report, Geekiness, Junot Diaz, Literature, NYO
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That might be the first time "cane field" and "triffid" were used in the same sentence. Although reviewers kvetch about the Spanish words/phrases in the book, I thought that the sci-fi references were another "foreign language" altogether.
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