Anthologizing “Little Calibans”: Surplus in Junot Díaz’s Linked Stories

<p>Anthologizing stories from linked short story collections gives rise to a troubling tension. To select and curate a story in an anthology elevates it to paradigmatic status. Yet, linked collections are anti-paradigmatic: interweaving fragments, rejecting representative conventions and monol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janet Zong York
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/597624c5