Junot Díaz's Appearance at Morrison Center Rescheduled for 12/10

Due to unforeseen circumstances Junot Díaz is unable to attend the regularly scheduled date of November 5, 2013. Mr. Diaz's engagement has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 10th at 7:30 PM. If you have already purchased your ticket, it will be valid on December 10th. No further action is needed on your part. If you are unable to be there on December 10th, Cabin subscribers please call The Cabin at (208) 331-8000. Single ticket purchasers please call the Morrison Center Box Office at (208) 426-1110.

Named by The New Yorker magazine as one of the top 20 writers of the 20th century, author and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz, has been hailed as one of the most celebrated contemporary voices of our time. On December 10, local literary leader The Cabin welcomes Díaz to the Morrison Center as part of the annual Readings & Conversations series. The event will take place at 7:30 pm. Tickets range from $37.25-$58.50, student tickets available for $20. Tickets can be purchased online at boisestatetickets.com or through the Morrison Center box office. Funding for this program is made possible in part by the Morrison Center Endowment Foundation, Inc.

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Díaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Readings & Conversations is celebrating 12 years as Idaho's premiere annual series presenting internationally acclaimed literary figures who share their work, thoughts about their work, and perspectives on important issues of our time. More information about the program can be found at thecabinidaho.org.