About This Episode

Writers Junot Diaz and Francisco Goldman discuss writing lives, through history and fiction. Junot Diaz is the author of Drown (www.amazon.com/Drown-Junot-Díaz/dp/1573226068 ) and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao(www.amazon.com/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/1594489580), which was awarded the Sargent First Novel Prize and was selected by Time and New York Magazine as the best novel of 2007. Francisco Goldman is the author www.amazon.com/Long-Night-White-Chickens/dp/0802135471), which won the Sue Kaufman Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award, and The Ordinary Seaman(www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Seaman-Francisco-Goldman/dp/080213548X), which was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Fiction Prize, the PEN/Faulkner award and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent books are The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? (www.amazon.com/Art-Political-Murder-Killed-Bishop/dp/0802118283 ) and The Divine Husband www.amazon.com/Divine-Husband-Francisco-Goldman/dp/0871139154). This event was held at the CUNY Graduate Center (www.gc.cuny.edu/).