A Brief Wondrous Gift From The English Department

Once upon a time, people read books over Winter Break. The English Department seems to think people still do this!

For the literate among you, take note: the English Department will be distributing free copies of Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao today as part of the Winter Reading Project. You can pick up your copy in the Fisher Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge between 3 and 4 p.m.

If you haven't read the book, it happens to be excellent (and a 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner). Check out a description of the book after the jump.

"The titular Oscar is a 300-pound-plus 'lovesick ghetto nerd' with zero game (except for Dungeons & Dragons) who cranks out pages of fantasy fiction with the hopes of becoming a Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien. The book is also the story of a multi-generational family curse that courses through the book, leaving troubles and tragedy in its wake. This was the most dynamic, entertaining, and achingly heartfelt novel I've read in a long time... The rope-a-dope narrative is funny, hip, tragic, soulful, and bursting with desire. Make some room for Oscar Wao on your bookshelf--you won't be disappointed."--Amazon.com