http://sonyachung.com/2010/01/28/junot-diaz-wants-obama-to-tell-stories/ Novel News, and Other Redundancies Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sonyachung.com/2010/01/28/junot-diaz-wants-obama-to-tell-stories/#comment-492 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:12:06 +0000 http://sonyachung.com/?p=1946#comment-492 I actually had a somewhat more negative response to Diaz’s piece mainly because Obama told a lot of his story during the campaign. And I wonder if he has consciously moved away from his personal narrative at this point. The story of his Presidency is told over and over from different points of view in media, response to media, in photographs, etc. The man has a lot of work to do! Two wars, failing economy, health care plan falling apart. I understand the need (and Diaz’s desire) for narrative, but I am more persuaded by your point that Obama’s story is not the only one we need to hear. Many voices. Many stories.

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