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message 1: by Beverly (new)

Beverly | 2907 comments An unnerving story of grief and high-school sex has won the world's most valuable short story prize.

Junot Diaz won the £30,000 (about US$45,696) Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award for for "Miss Lora," which Andrew O'Hagan, novelist and one of the judges, said "has the feel of a contemporary classic" and "echoes in the heart as well as the mind."

This an informative link to why the judges chose this story, a quote from Diaz why he wrote this story, and a video interview talking to this story.
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-blog...


message 2: by Wilhelmina (new)

Wilhelmina Jenkins | 2049 comments Wow! Diaz is on a roll!


Phyllis | Mocha Drop (mochadrop) | 215 comments Thanks for sharing! Will pass along to my local club b/c we're reading This Is How You Lose Her in May.


message 4: by Flaxan (new)

Flaxan (crystalcave) | 4 comments Way to go !!!


message 5: by Nakia (new)

Nakia Thanks for the info!


message 6: by George (new)

George | 777 comments well, he was on the Colbert Report the other day as well.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/26/must_...


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