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Minutes before joining the snaking line outside Coolidge Corner
theater in Brookline, my husband and I tucked into soft corn
tacos and guacamole and even an elote (corn on the cob) at
Boston's awesome Dorado restaurant. The 500-some people waiting
in line were the lucky ones with tickets to a reading by my all-
time favorite author, Junot Diaz.  Junot DiazDiaz joked around
that Brookline Booksmith was one of many fine bookstores in the
Boston area (he will do another reading for Harvard bookstore
next week). "This city has many dealers," he joked.  While Diaz
did do a couple of readings from his latest book, This is  How
You Lose Her, he seemed to prefer answering questions from the
audience and hearing about their experiences. His responses to
all questions were as warm, thoughtful and kinetic as his
fantastic prose is.  Diaz on being an immigrant: "Immigration
sucks, man! Imagine comin