I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Domi — Junot Diaz
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I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Dominican food. This is a Spanish word.' I trust my readers, even non-Spanish ones.

— Junot Diaz
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