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Pulitzer Board tells Junot Diaz he is ‘welcome’ to remain

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In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz pauses during an interview in New York. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigation has cleared the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and creative writing professor to return to the classroom this fall. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Author Junot Diaz cleared of wrongdoing in MIT investigation

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In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz pauses during an interview in New York. Three editors at the Boston Review are resigning over the political and literary magazine's decision to retain Diaz despite allegations of sexual misconduct. Poetry editors Timothy Donnelly, Barbara Fischer and Stefania Heim said on Twitter last week they're &quot;dismayed&quot; at the logic behind keeping Diaz as fiction editor and felt compelled to step down, effective July 1. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Editors resign over decision to retain author Junot Diaz

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz pauses during an interview in New York. Diaz has long been a pioneering and polarizing figure in the literary world even before being confronted with sexual misconduct allegations on May 4, 2018, at the Sydney Writers' Festival. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology followed with an announcement it is investigating Diaz, who teaches at the university. The Pulitzer Prize Board began conducting an independent review of allegations, and Diaz was asked to relinquish his role as incoming chairman. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Fall of edgy author Diaz disappoints, confounds followers

By ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2008, file photo shows novelist Junot Diaz during a book presentation in New York. Diaz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a fellow author. Zinzi Clemmons, author of &quot;What We Lose,&quot; tweeted Friday, May 4, 2018, that the Pulitzer Prize winner forcibly kissed her while she was a graduate student. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

Pulitzer board to conduct review of Junot Diaz accusations

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2008, file photo shows novelist Junot Diaz during a book presentation in New York. Diaz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a fellow author. Zinzi Clemmons, author of &quot;What We Lose,&quot; tweeted Friday, May 4, 2018, that the Pulitzer Prize winner forcibly kissed her while she was a graduate student. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

MIT looking into allegations against author Junot Diaz

Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2008, file photo shows novelist Junot Diaz during a book presentation in New York. Diaz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a fellow author. Zinzi Clemmons, author of &quot;What We Lose,&quot; tweeted Friday, May 4, 2018, that the Pulitzer Prize winner forcibly kissed her while she was a graduate student. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

Children’s museum cancels book reading with Junot Diaz

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FILE - This Oct. 17, 2008, file photo shows novelist Junot Diaz during a book presentation in New York. Diaz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a fellow author. Zinzi Clemmons, author of &quot;What We Lose,&quot; tweeted Friday, May 4, 2018, that the Pulitzer Prize winner forcibly kissed her while she was a graduate student. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

Author Junot Diaz withdraws from festival amid allegations

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2008, file photo shows novelist Junot Diaz during a book presentation in New York. Diaz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a fellow author. Zinzi Clemmons, author of &quot;What We Lose,&quot; tweeted Friday, May 4, 2018, that the Pulitzer Prize winner forcibly kissed her while she was a graduate student. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

Author Junot Diaz faces sexual misconduct allegations

By ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL - Associated Press

Award-winning author Junot Diaz to speak at Emory University

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2014 file photo, actress Lena Dunham attends &quot;Howard Stern's Birthday Bash,&quot; presented by SiriusXM, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. From Wednesday, May 28, 2014 to Saturday, tens of thousands of publishers, authors, agents and librarians will meet at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York for a convention predominantly organized by whites, spotlighting books predominantly written, edited and published by whites. Tavis Smiley is the only non-white among the 15 scheduled marquee author speakers, who also include Dunham and Anjelica Huston. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

Diversity an issue as book convention opens

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 7, 2011, file photo, New York Times Beirut Bureau Chief Anthony Shadid discusses his capture by Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya, during a talk at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum in Oklahoma City. The New York Times said Shadid died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment in Syria. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Book prize nominees include Caro, Boo, Shadid

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press