Junot Díaz on Zohran, America, Gaza, and the artist as activist

Junot Díaz on Zohran, America, Gaza, and the artist as activist

We just talked live with the author, MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize winner, and MIT professor Junot Díaz, about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign and what kind of New York City — and United States — might arise if he wins. Díaz told us about his hopes that Mamdani’s success in pushing back against the “great silencing” done by both progressives and fascists, on the left and on the right, of poor people and the working class, can start a dialogue with …