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New Jersey school bans Junot Díaz novel over mental health concerns

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 20, 2026
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz

Forty-seven students in an Advanced Placement English class at Columbia High School in South Orange, New Jersey signed a petition this month to keep their book. The school had pulled Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao off the AP English syllabus—not because of a parent complaint or a righ…

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