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'Drown' Depicts Lives of Dominicans, Americans Junot Diaz is a young writer who was born in the Dominican Republic. He was raised there, but also in New Jersey, and he has just published a collection of stories about growing up on his old home island and in the U.S. The book is called Drown.

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'Drown' Depicts Lives of Dominicans, Americans

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'Drown' Depicts Lives of Dominicans, Americans

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Junot Diaz is a young writer who was born in the Dominican Republic. He was raised there, but also in New Jersey, and he has just published a collection of stories about growing up on his old home island and in the U.S. The book is called Drown.