Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/essay/ Our Thing Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/essay/ 144 144 In Heart-Wrenching New Essay, Junot Díaz Opens Up About Being Sexually Abused https://remezcla.com/culture/junot-diaz-new-yorker-childhood-trauma/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:49:35 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=239110 For a few years, Junot Díaz has thought about an interaction at one of his book signings in Amherst. A reader approached Junot and asked him if he’d been the victim of sexual abuse. The topic is one that Díaz alludes to in his body of work, but when the question came, he was taken

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]]> 29th Hispanic Heritage Awards Junot Diaz receives a Literature Award during the 29th Hispanic Heritage Awards. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images