Junot Díaz Urges Obama to Tell Us a Story

On the anniversary of President Obama’s inauguration, The New Yorker weights in on what he’s accomplished, and Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, thinks that it’s about time for Obama to give us a story to hang onto. "It is ironic—no it’s actually tragic—that the man who proved himself to be a fantastic storyteller on the campaign trail, who vaulted into office by fashioning his life, his promise into a great story (Dreams from My Father, anyone?) has been unable to locate an equally engaging narrative for his presidency…The President needs to remember his post’s true vocation: that of the Storyteller-in-Chief.”