Weeks after publishing his own story of sexual abuse in the New Yorker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is facing an onslaught of accusations of sexual misconduct and misogyny directed at fellow writers. "Junot Diaz has made his behavior the burden of young women — particularly women of color — for far too long, enabled by his team and the institutions that employ him," Clemmons wrote in a statement to the AP. Through his literary agent, Diaz told the New York Times that he takes responsibility for his past. Since Clemmons' tweets, other women have come forward with stories of alleged verbal abuse and misogyny by Diaz. She made a comment that Diaz responded was akin to saying "I haven't been raped, so rape must not exist."

Source: ABC News May 04, 2018 20:35 UTC