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Lit Up: Junot Diaz.

Not far from the hopping cultural crossroads of 16th and Valencia, Intersection for the Arts has been making a name for itself for decades as another kind of meeting place -- and the site of riveting collaborations with literary heavyweights such as Denis Johnson, stage productions like the fierce, hip-hop-laced Angry Black White Boy, and such ambitious interdisciplinary endeavors as the Prison Project.

05/08/0910:01 am

Inspired by Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Intersection for the Arts and resident theatre company Campo Santo present the world premiere of Fuku Americanus. Developed and directed by Campo Santo's Sean San Jose and co-directed by The Living Word Project's Marc Bamuthi Joseph, the story tells an intimate tale of family histories, ancient curses, migration and ill-starred love.